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14th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 2000

Jan. 29 - Feb. 5, 2000
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-191

Electrical remodeling in humans

Claudio Pandozi, Filippo Lamberti, Antonio Castro, Leonardo Calo, Massimo Santini.
Division of Cardiology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy

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