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New insights into deadly heart rhythm disorder

Every year, 300,000 Americans die suddenly when, out of the blue, a "storm" of electrical activity arises within their heart muscle. A new paper sheds new light on the origins of this phenomenon, called ventricular fibrillation, and the ability of VF research in animals to be translated into humans.

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