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Looking forward: PACES Task Force on prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young: a comprehensive approach to a preventable problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2017

Christopher C Erickson  and
Jack C. Salerno
Christopher C Erickson*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Specialty Physicians, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Jack C. Salerno
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: C. C. Erickson, MD, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, 8200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68114, United States of America. Tel: 402 955 4350; Fax: 402 955 4356; E-mail: cerickson@childrensomaha.org
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Supplement S1: Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Young: A Contemporary Perspective , January 2017 , pp. S147 - S148
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