Cardiac strangulation: a rare, but devastating complication of epicardial pacing causing progressive myocardial ischaemia
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Cardiac strangulation: a rare, but devastating complication of epicardial pacing causing progressive myocardial ischaemia.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1522-9645,0195-668X
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn449