American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1687-1692 , 15 December 2008

Dual-Site Left Ventricular Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Received 17 June 2008 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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 F. Tronconi, D.A. Hettrick, and S. Valsecchi are employees of Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01393-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.016

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1687-1692 , 15 December 2008

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