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. 1962 Sep;24(5):581–594. doi: 10.1136/hrt.24.5.581

THE APEX CARDIOGRAM IN ISCHÆMIC HEART DISEASE*

Alberto Benchimol 1, E Grey Dimond 1
PMCID: PMC1017924  PMID: 13967304

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