Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 239-243 , March 2010

Native and Paced QRS Duration in Right Ventricular Apex Paced Patients

  • Wenzhi Pan, MD

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    • Drs Wenzhi Pan and Yangang Su contributed equally to this work.
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  • Yangang Su, MD

      Affiliations

    • Drs Wenzhi Pan and Yangang Su contributed equally to this work.
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  • Aijun Sun, PhD
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  • Xue Gong, MD
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  • Junbo Ge, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Junbo Ge, MD, Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, No. 180, Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China. Tel: 86-021-64041990-2745; Fax: 86-021-64223006.

Received 16 August 2009 ,Revised 11 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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 The authors have no conflicts to disclose.

PII: S1071-9164(09)01131-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.10.021

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 239-243 , March 2010

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