Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 248-252 , August 2010

Cardiac pacemaker lead placement: Do you need a lateral chest radiograph?

  • Emer Sonnex

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 0A8.51 ABACUS Research Centre, WMC, 8440, 112 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2B7. Tel.: +1 780 4076817; fax: +1 780 4073075.
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  • Richard Coulden

Received 2 November 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 16 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.03.003

Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 248-252 , August 2010

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