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Short QT: The Novel Gaita Syndrome?

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Emerging Pathologies in Cardiology

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  1. Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile, Asti, Italy

    F. Gaita, C. Giustetto & F. Di Monte

  2. 1st Department of Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    R. Schimpf, C. Wolpert & M. Borggrefe

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  1. Cardiology Division, S. Luigi — S.Currò Hospital, Catania, Italy

    M. M. Gulizia MD (Chief) (Chief)

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Gaita, F., Giustetto, C., Di Monte, F., Schimpf, R., Wolpert, C., Borggrefe, M. (2005). Short QT: The Novel Gaita Syndrome?. In: Gulizia, M.M. (eds) Emerging Pathologies in Cardiology. Springer, Milano . https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0341-5_30

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