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. 2004 Dec;90(Suppl 6):vi2–vi4. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.048546

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: when the drugs don't work.

R Bleasdale, M Frenneaux
PMCID: PMC1876330  PMID: 15564421

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