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European Heart Journal 2000 21(12):955-957; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2070
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Editorial

QT dispersion: time for an obituary?

M. Malik

Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.

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