Summary thoughts about sudden cardiac death
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Sudden Cardiac Death Epidemiology and Genetics of Sudden Cardiac Death
From the Section of Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (R.D.); Division of Preventive Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, Center for Arrhythmia Prevention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (C.M.A.). Correspondence to Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH, Division of Preventive Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, Center for Ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80555-6