The uncertainties of certainty: using LV function to predict arrhythmic event after AMI

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Zoran B Popović. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Aug.

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. 2013 Aug;6(8):861-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.05.012.

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Keywords: ejection fraction; left ventricular strain; sudden cardiac death.

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