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Popkirov, S., Grönheit, W., Schlegel, U. et al. Recurrent loss of consciousness despite DDD pacing: psychogenic pseudosyncope in a 19-year-old man. Clin Res Cardiol 103, 755–757 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-014-0711-5
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