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. 1996 Jun;75(6):542–543. doi: 10.1136/hrt.75.6.542

Are there any useful investigations that predict which patients with bifascicular block will develop third degree atrioventricular block?

L Jordaens
PMCID: PMC484372  PMID: 8697152

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