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Cardiac Pacing in Europe: Anno 1993

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The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 175))

Abstract

The European pacemaker registration has a long tradition and was an early research topic, promoted by the Working Group on Cardiac Pacing1–3. Pacing surveys are on the program of all World and European symposia on cardiac pacing. A list of surveys has been published recently4.

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  1. Hugo Ector
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  2. Giorgio A. Feruglio
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

    N. M. Van Hemel

  2. Heart Lung Institute, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    F. H. M. Wittkampf

  3. Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    H. Ector

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Ector, H., Feruglio, G.A. (1995). Cardiac Pacing in Europe: Anno 1993. In: Van Hemel, N.M., Wittkampf, F.H.M., Ector, H. (eds) The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 175. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0347-3_13

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