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T.T. wrote this correspondence. Both E.G. and J.T. read and approved the text.

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Tsuda, T., Geary, E.M. & Temple, J. Reply to correspondence article, correspondence on “Significance of automated external defibrillator in identifying lethal ventricular arrhythmias”. Eur J Pediatr 178, 1919–1920 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-019-03494-6

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