High defibrillation threshold: Brace for impact

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Karam Ayoub et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;33(2):241-243.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15327. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

¹ Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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Keywords: defibrillation threshold; defibrillator; mortality; sudden cardiac death.

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