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. 1963 Jan;32(1):22–41.

Long-term Artificial Cardiac Pacing: Experience in Adults with Heart Block

Hunterian Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 11th October 1962

A H M Siddons
PMCID: PMC2311520  PMID: 13988893

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