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Postexercise recovery phase T-wave notching in concealed long QT syndrome

Gekerbte T-Wellen in der Erholungsphase nach Belastung beim verborgenen langen QT-Syndrom

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Conflict of interest. B. Sensoy, O. Ozeke, U. Canpolat, S. Kay, F. Oksuz, S. Topaloglu, D. Aras, and S. Aydogdu state that there are no conflicts of interest. The accompanying manuscript does not include studies on humans or animals.

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    B. Sensoy, O. Ozeke MD, U. Canpolat, S. Cay, F. Oksuz, S. Topaloglu, D. Aras & S. Aydogdu

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Sensoy, B., Ozeke, O., Canpolat, U. et al. Postexercise recovery phase T-wave notching in concealed long QT syndrome. Herz 40, 153–156 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3968-y

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