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

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-31

New noninvasive electrocardiographic markers of sudden death risk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Mustafa A. Murda'h, Gang Yi, Perry Elliott, William J. McKenna.
Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital
Medical School, London, UK

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