Selection of heart failure patients for cardiac resynchronisation therapy: a role for PET?
β Scribed by Henrik Wiggers; Peter T. Mortensen; Michael Rehling
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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