Permanent Pacemaker Infections

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-41

  Fu, Eugene Y ^a   Shepard, Richard K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 2242472902     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009975314866     Document Type: Article

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