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CRT Not Always Being Used in the Right Patients
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Title CRT Not Always Being Used in the Right Patients
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578966?src=rss
Description There is a large variation in the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy throughout the US, and this technology is not always used according to the guidelines, a new registry study shows. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Aug 12, 2008
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