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01-08-2019 | Editorial

A troubled marriage: When electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony don’t go along

Authors: Marat Fudim, MD, Salvador Borges-Neto, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 4/2019

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The following editorial refers to the article published by Sillanmäki et al. titled “Relationships between electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with left bundle branch block and healthy controls” in the XX edition of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. …

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Title: A troubled marriage: When electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony don’t go along
Authors: Marat Fudim, MD
Salvador Borges-Neto, MD
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-018-1227-6

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