Keywords
- Cardiac Arrest
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
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Ott, P., Prystowsky, E.N. (2001). Evaluation of the Patient Resuscitated from Cardiac Arrest. In: Alpert, J.S. (eds) Cardiology for the primary care Physician. Current Medicine Group. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6601-4_10
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