Progress in the understanding of cardiac early afterdepolarizations and torsades de pointes: time to revise current concepts.
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a , a b c a * Paul G.A. Volders , Marc A. Vos , Bela Szabo , Karin R. Sipido , S.H. Marieke de Groot , a a b Anton P.M. Gorgels , Hein J.J. Wellens , Ralph Lazzara Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, USA Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cardiovascular research
دوره 46 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000