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Simultaneous Electrical and Mechanical Stimulation to Enhance Cells' Cardiomyogenic Potential
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[Electrical stimulation of the heart: history, current trends and prospects]

V B Simonenko, V I Steklov

    Klinicheskaia Meditsina
    |March 23, 2013
    PubMed

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