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Prolonged repolarization: a historical perspective.

Abstract

This symposium will more fully discuss QT prolongation--an area of controversy--prolonged QT syndromes, and new groups of agents that prolong repolarization and the QT interval (calcium blockers and antiarrhythmic agents). This is an important evolving field with old biases confronting a new and more thorough understanding of the phenomenon of prolonged repolarization.

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J Somberg, D Tepper, J Wynn. 1985. Prolonged repolarization: a historical perspective.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-8703(85)90625-8

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