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Inappropriate shock delivery by implantable cardioverter defibrillator due to electrical leak from bathroom tap

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey

    Ahmet Çamsarı, Dilek Çiçek Yılmaz & Türkay Özcan

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Çamsarı, A., Yılmaz, D.Ç. & Özcan, T. Inappropriate shock delivery by implantable cardioverter defibrillator due to electrical leak from bathroom tap. Clin Res Cardiol 99, 761–763 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-010-0202-2

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