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. 1970 Jan;32(1):35–45. doi: 10.1136/hrt.32.1.35

Transthoracic and transvenous pacemakers. A comparative clinical experience with 131 implantable units.

S Goldstein, A J Moss, R J Rivers Jr, R S Weiner
PMCID: PMC487270  PMID: 5417845

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