Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 608-610 , June 2010

Selection of Ventricular Pacing Sites Guided by Echocardiography: An Electrophysiologist's Perspective

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PII: S0894-7317(10)00358-5

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.020

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 608-610 , June 2010

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