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European Heart Journal 2002 23(17):1329-1344; doi:10.1053/euhj.2002.3274
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Task Force Reports

Guidelines for the interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram

P.J. Schwartza,f1, A. Garson, Jrb, T. Paulc, M. Stramba-Badialed, V.L. Vettere, E. Villainf and C. Wreng

a Department of Cardiology, University of Pavia and IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
b University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
c The Children's Heart Program of South Carolina, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, U.S.A.
d Pediatric Arrhythmias Center, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
e Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
f Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
g Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.

f1 Correspondence: Peter J. Schwartz, MD, FESC, FACC,, FAHA, Professor & Chairman, Department of Cardiology, Policlinico S. Matteo IRCCS, Viale Golgi, 19-27100 Pavia, Italy.

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