- ►pubget.com [PDF] F MD, JG Howlett, J Kautzner, CJ Love - Europace, 2008 - Eur Heart Rhythm Assoc This document represents expert consensus concerning the Monitoring of
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LL Basta - American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com In the past decade, the rate of implantation of pacemakers and
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R Kobza, P Erne - Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2007 - ksl.ch Introduction The use of implantable cardioverter-defi- brillators (ICDs) is
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C Martinez, A Tzur, H Hrachian, J Zebede, … - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com Since the first implantation of a cardiac pacemaker in the second half of the
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PS Mueller, SM Jenkins, KA Bramstedt, DL … - Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2008 - medscape.com Patients with implanted cardiac devices avoid death caused by cardiac conduction
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