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Monitoring of QTc interval in patients with COVID-19. First experience with a portable ECG-recording device
Affiliations- Cardiology Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Neurology Deapartment, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, Madrid
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Monitoring of QTc interval in patients with COVID-19. First experience with a portable ECG-recording device
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Research Letter
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483-485
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2021-03-10
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DOI
10.5603/CJ.a2021.0033
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Cardiol J 2021;28(3):483-485.
Authors
María Abellas-Sequeiros
Cristina Lozano-Granero
Cristina García-Sebastián
Eduardo Franco-Díez
Antonio Hernández-Madrid
Javier Moreno-Planas
Jaime Masjuan-Vallejo
Marcelo Sanmartín-Fernández
Jose Luis Zamorano-Gómez
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