Expenditure and value for money: the challenge of implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

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Published in QJM on March 10, 2009

Authors

G Boriani1, M Biffi, C Martignani, I Diemberger, C Valzania, M Bertini, A Branzi

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. giuseppe.boriani@unibo.it

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