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. 1997 May;77(5):484–485. doi: 10.1136/hrt.77.5.484

Electrical injury on removal of implantable defibrillator after death.

D Ghosh 1, M A James 1, R B Palmer 1
PMCID: PMC484776  PMID: 9196424

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