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Characteristics and one-year outcomes of patients with advanced atrioventricular block in Saudi Arabia

A single-center retrospective cohort study

Wael A. Alqarawi and Abdulrahman S. Alarifi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2024, 45 (10) 1094-1098; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240239
Wael A. Alqarawi
From the Department of Cardiac Sciences (Alqarawi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alarifi), King Abdullah University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman S. Alarifi
From the Department of Cardiac Sciences (Alqarawi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alarifi), King Abdullah University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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