**Acronyms and abbreviations**


*Sudden Cardiac Death*

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Marianna Leopoulou1 \*, Jo Ann LeQuang2 , Joseph V. Pergolizzi2,3 and Peter Magnusson4,5

1 Cardiology Clinic, Athens General Hospital "Elpis", Athens, Greece

2 NEMA Research, Inc., USA

3 Native Cardio, Inc., USA

4 Cardiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

5 Centre for Research and Development, Uppsala University, Gävleborg, Sweden

\*Address all correspondence to: mariannina.leo@gmail.com

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