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Sex differences in optimal atrioventricular delay in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

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Kloosterman, M., Maass, A.H. Sex differences in optimal atrioventricular delay in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy. Clin Res Cardiol 109, 124–127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-019-01492-0

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