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Complete Heart Block—Third-Degree Heart Block

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Book cover Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young

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    Mohamad Al-Ahdab M.D. (Lecturer)

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    Macdonald Dick II M.D. (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Al-Ahdab, M. (2006). Complete Heart Block—Third-Degree Heart 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_15

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