Rate Correction of the QT Interval

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-363

  Hodges, Morrison ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000522729     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009933509868     Document Type: Article

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