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Measurement of the QT Interval: Do We Know What We Are Doing?

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Kautzner, J. Measurement of the QT Interval: Do We Know What We Are Doing?. Card Electrophysiol Rev 3, 302–305 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009932304868

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