Tele-Electrocardiography and Mortality: Clinical Outcomes in Digital Electrocardiography Cohort–Data from Belo Horizonte, Brazil (CODE-BH)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1554 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Page range: 42 - 42
Submitted on: Jun 23, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 28, 2026
Published on: May 22, 2026
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© 2026 Gabriela Miana de Mattos Paixão, Carla Paula Moreira Soares, Paulo Gomes Rodrigues, Peter W. Macfarlane, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, published by Ubiquity Press
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