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Editorial

Temporary emergency pacing—an orphan in district hospitals

Knut GjesdalDepartment of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Jens Brock JohansenDepartment of Cardiology B, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
&
Fredrik GadlerDepartment of Cardiology, Karolinska university hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 128-130 | Received 06 Mar 2012, Accepted 06 Mar 2012, Published online: 18 May 2012

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