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. 2018 Jun 8:11:201-204.
doi: 10.2147/MDER.S165770. eCollection 2018.

Critical appraisal concerning "Wearable cardioverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest: a health technology assessment and patient focus group study"

Johannes Sperzel  1 , Ingo Staudacher  2 , Olaf Goeing  3 , Martin Stockburger  4 , Thorsten Meyer  5 , Ana Sofia Oliveira Gonçalves  6 , Hanna Sydow  6 , Tonio Schoenfelder  6 , Volker Eric Amelung  6
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Critical appraisal concerning "Wearable cardioverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest: a health technology assessment and patient focus group study"

Johannes Sperzel et al. Med Devices (Auckl). .
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Disclosure Ana Sofia Oliveira Gonçalves, Hanna Sydow, Tonio Schoenfelder, and Volker Eric Amelung received financial support from Zoll GmbH for the submitted work. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this communication.

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