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Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of smartphone electrocardiogram recorder compared to standard 12 lead electrocardiography in hospital settings

Jawaher Towhari, Nazish Masud and Haitham Alanazi
Saudi Medical Journal June 2019, 40 (6) 575-581; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.6.24206

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