13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The implantable defibrillator

Martin Borggrefe, Michael Block, Günter Breithardt.
Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Department of Cardiology and Angiology and Institute for Research in Arteriosclerosis, Münster, Germany

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