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Scott, W.A. (2006). First- and Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block. In: Dick, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 257. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29170-9_14
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