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Epidemiology of Arrhythmic and Sudden Death in the Chronic Phase of Ischemic Heart Disease

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Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

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    Steen Z. Abildstrom, Lars Køber & Christian Torp-Pedersen

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Abildstrom, S.Z., Køber, L. & Torp-Pedersen, C. Epidemiology of Arrhythmic and Sudden Death in the Chronic Phase of Ischemic Heart Disease. Card Electrophysiol Rev 3, 177–179 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009971104937

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