Do implantable cardioverter-defibrillators benefit patients immediately after acute myocardial infarction?

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Anne B Curtis. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2005 Apr.

. 2005 Apr;2(4):192-3.

doi: 10.1038/ncpcardio0161.

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. anne.curtismd@earthlink.net

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