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CRT-Pacing Only Versus CRT-Defibrillator

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Moss, A.J. (2008). CRT-Pacing Only Versus CRT-Defibrillator. In: Barold, S.S., Ritter, P. (eds) Devices for Cardiac Resynchronization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71167-6_5

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