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Hailey J Jansen1, Motahareh Moghtadaei1, Sara A Rafferty2
1Department of Cardiac Sciences, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (H.J.J., M.M., R.A.R.).
Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
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