Pacemaker Insertion, Revision, Extraction, and Follow-Up

Electrophysiological Disorders of the Heart

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 767-807

  Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06570-5.50045-9     Document Type: Chapter

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