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. 2025 Aug 20.
doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000001178. Online ahead of print.

Ictal Asystole During ECT

Caleb Pozdnikoff  1 , Jake Johnston  2 , Foroogh Najafi  1 , Elizabeth Gregory  1 , Rana Hamidizadeh  2 , Chantelle Hrazdil  3 , Matthias Görges  2   4 , Fidel Vila-Rodriguez  1   4
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Ictal Asystole During ECT

Caleb Pozdnikoff et al. J ECT. .
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