Implantable defibrillator therapy: Does it really prolong life? How can we prove it?
- 15 May 1993
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 71 (13) , 1213-1218
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(93)90648-v
Abstract
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