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Gradaus, R., Breithardt, G. Should all patients with heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction receive combined CRT–ICD therapy?. Nat Rev Cardiol 4, 68–69 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0739
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