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In search of the optimal algorithm for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in the era of prophylactic ICD
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Nabil El-Sherif, Gioia Turitto.
Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Health Science Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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