Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 11 , Pages 1572-1573 , November 2009

Complications from implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: Do the risks outweigh the benefits?

  • Ratika Parkash, MD, MSc, FRCPC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Ratika Parkash, QEII Health Sciences Centre, 1796 Summer Street, Room 2501D, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3W7

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PII: S1547-5271(09)00932-1

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.028

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 11 , Pages 1572-1573 , November 2009

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