The electrocardiogram and sudden death: capturing electrical physiology and arrhythmic substrate.

Eur Heart J

Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Published: August 2020

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