American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 6 , Pages 948-956 , December 2002

In search of left septal fascicular block

Received 1 November 2001 ,Accepted 4 April 2002.

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☆ Reprint requests: Rex MacAlpin, MD, Division of Cardiology, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679.

☆☆ E-mail: rmacalpi@ucla.edu

PII: S0002-8703(02)00219-3

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.125503

American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 6 , Pages 948-956 , December 2002

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