Age is just a number: frailty better evaluates age-dependent heart rhythm defects.

J Physiol

Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1760 Haygood Drive, HSRB E-184, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

Published: December 2016

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