Dorantes SM, Méndez RA

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To the Editor:

With regard to the Letter to the Editor entitled “Contradiction of whether or not ablating asymptomatic patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome”, from the authors Carmona and Chavez, it should be better to say: “Debate on programmed electrical stimulation and radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways in asymptomatic patients”.

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