Surgery for Cardiac Arrhythmias

Cardiac Electrophysiology: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1104-1115

  Pagé, Pierre L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33646229445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-7216-0323-8/50123-8     Document Type: Chapter

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