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Study Offers Novel Insight into Cardiac Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death

A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital provides much-needed insight into the molecular mechanisms that cause arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, and how it triggers sudden cardiac death, one of the nation’s leading killers. (More…)

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