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Electrocardiogram (ECG) (cont.)

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Author: Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Editors: Daniel Lee Kulick, MD, FACC, FSCAI and Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

REFERENCE:

Mattu, Amal, and William J. Brady. ECGs for the Emergency Physician 2. Singapore: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.


Last Editorial Review: 12/7/2011

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