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Psychological Complications of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy

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  1. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    Jamie Beth Conti & Samuel F. Sears Jr.

  2. Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

    Gloria Mirabal

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Conti, J.B., Sears, S.F. & Mirabal, G. Psychological Complications of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy. Card Electrophysiol Rev 2, 342–344 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009931617685

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