Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 1437-1438 , October 2009

Pacemakers and magnets: An arranged marriage

  • Krit Jongnarangsin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Jay P. Thaker

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    • ,
  • Ranjan K. Thakur, MD, MPH, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Ranjan Thakur, 405 West Greenlawn, Suite 400, Lansing, Michigan 48910

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PII: S1547-5271(09)00803-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.032

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 1437-1438 , October 2009

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