- ►angrylapdog.com AE Epstein, JP DiMarco, KA Ellenbogen, NA … - Heart Rhythm, 2008 - Elsevier It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in
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- ►onlinejacc.org A Roguin, CS Bomma, K Nasir, H Tandri, C … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of arrhythmogenic right
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G Nichol, P Kaul, E Huszti, JFP Bridges - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Heart failure is a common, costly, and debilitating illness.
Resynchronization of ventricular contraction in patients with heart failure
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