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Abnormal action potential conduction in isolated human hypertrophied left ventricular myocardium

H McIntyre1, C H Fry

  • 1Institute of Urology and Nephrology, University College, London, United Kingdom.

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
|August 1, 1997
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