A history of stressful life events, prolonged mental stress and arrhythmic events in inherited long QT syndrome.

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Published in Heart on August 01, 2010

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T Hintsa1, S Puttonen, L Toivonen, K Kontula, H Swan, L Keltikangas-Järvinen

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1: Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. taina.hintsa@helsinki.fi

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