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Simroop Ladhar, BSc

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Clinical Articles / January/February 2017

John Hopps and the pacemaker: A history and detailed overview of devices, indications, and complications

Revered in Canada as the father of biomedical engineering, John Hopps made many contributions to the field of medicine. He is perhaps best known for the invention that keeps hundreds of thousands of hearts beating... Read More

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