Pace Maker Implantation for Elderly Individuals Over 90 Years Old
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Pace Maker Implantation for Elderly Individuals Over 90 Years Old
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rural Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1880-487X,1880-4888
DOI: 10.2185/jrm.2871