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. 2020 Aug;27(12):1335-1338.
doi: 10.1177/2047487319850953. Epub 2019 May 24.

Sex-differences in short QT syndrome: A systematic literature review and pooled analysis

Ibrahim El-Battrawy  1   2 , Kim Schlentrich  1 , Johanna Besler  1 , Volker Liebe  1 , Rainer Schimpf  1 , Siegfried Lang  1   2 , Katja E Odening  3 , Christian Wolpert  1 , Xiaobo Zhou  1   2 , Martin Borggrefe  1   2 , Ibrahim Akin  1   2
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Sex-differences in short QT syndrome: A systematic literature review and pooled analysis

Ibrahim El-Battrawy et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2020 Aug.
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Age difference of female versus male at sudden cardiac death (SCD) event.
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