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Assessment of Single-Shock Defibrillation Testing of Biventricular ICDs

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  1. Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Division of Cardiology Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA

    S. Serge Barold MD, FRACP, FACP FACC, FESC, FHRS

  2. Chairman, Cardiostim InParys, St Cloud Clinique Bizet, Paris Clinique Chirurgicale Val d’Or, St Cloud, Paris, France

    Philippe Ritter MD

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Colley, B.J., Gold, M.R. (2008). Assessment of Single-Shock Defibrillation Testing of Biventricular ICDs. In: Barold, S.S., Ritter, P. (eds) Devices for Cardiac Resynchronization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71167-6_19

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