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The author is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (HL06761) and by an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association.

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Clusin, W.T. What is the solution to sudden cardiac death: Calcium modulation or arrhythmia clinics?. Cardiovasc Drug Ther 1, 335–342 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02209072

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