Basic Physiology and Hemodynamics of Cardiac Pacing

Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation, and Resynchronization Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 291-335

  Prinzen, Frits ^a   Spinelli, Julio C ^b   Auricchio, Angelo ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2536-8.50014-5     Document Type: Chapter

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