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Testing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Functions at Implantation

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  1. The Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, New England Medical Center, Tuffs University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Caig A. Swygman, Munther K. Homoud, Mark S. Link, Paul J. Wang & N. A. Mark Estes III

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Swygman, C.A., Homoud, M.K., Link, M.S. et al. Testing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Functions at Implantation. Card Electrophysiol Rev 2, 280–282 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009986207690

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