Brainstem surgery assisted by temporary trans-venous pacing to prevent severe bradycardia
Alessandro Della Puppa1, Oriela Rustemi, Giorgio Gioffrè
1Department of Neurosurgery, Padua University Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, via Giustiniani, 2-35128, Padova, Italy, alessandro.dellapuppa@sanita.padova.it.
Acta Neurochirurgica
|December 11, 2013
Abstract
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