Environmental effects on cardiac pacing systems

Cardiac Pacing for the Clinician: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 595-618

  Cohan, Louise ^a   Kusumoto, Fred M ^a   Goldschlager, Nora F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960074940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72763-9_17     Document Type: Chapter

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