ECG Interpretation for Everyone

ECG Interpretation for Everyone

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kusumoto, Fred.
ECG interpretation for everyone : an on-the-spot guide / Fred Kusumoto and Pam Bernath.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-65556-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-470-65556-9
I. Bernath, Pam. II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Electrocardiography–Atlases. 2. Electrocardiography–
Handbooks. WG 39] LC classification not assigned
616.1′207547–dc23
2011030261
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