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Updated Technique for Reliable, Easy, and Tolerated Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Including Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Published on: January 3, 2020
Commentary: Transcatheter electrosurgery: Telsa's AC or Edison's DC? Only Time Will Tell
Keith B Allen1, Adnan K Chhatriwalla2
1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, The Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Mo.
JTCVS Structural and Endovascular
|June 17, 2026
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