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Editorial
. 2025 Jan;18(1):e017854.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017854. Epub 2025 Jan 7.

Finding the Arrhythmic Needle in the Low-Risk Haystack: Heritability of Imaging Features of Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse

Susan K Keen  1 , Deborah H Kwon  1
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Editorial

Finding the Arrhythmic Needle in the Low-Risk Haystack: Heritability of Imaging Features of Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse

Susan K Keen et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorial; death, sudden, cardiac; heart arrest; mitral valve prolapse.

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