Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 413-415 , August 2006

Patient Selection for Primary Prevention ICDs—Are EPs Shocking Patients Into Consent?

  • Leslie A. Saxon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Leslie A. Saxon, MD, USC Keck School of Medicine, USC University Hospital, 1500 San Pablo St, 2nd Fl, Los Angeles, CA 90033.

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PII: S1071-9164(06)00746-9

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.07.001

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 413-415 , August 2006

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