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Sudden Death in Heart Failure: Underlying Electrophysiological Mechanisms

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  1. Subramaniam C. Krishnan
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Krishnan, S.C., Schuger, C.D. & Goldstein, S. Sudden Death in Heart Failure: Underlying Electrophysiological Mechanisms. Heart Fail Rev 7, 255–260 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020029323635

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