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Although the frequency of pacemaker implantations was less common in Japan (3.3%) than the United States (10%) and France (20%), the rate of sudden death was not lower in Japan compared with those observed in the 2 other countries. The data for the United States and France were obtained from the New England Journal of Medicine (2008) 1 and European Heart Journal (2017) 7 .
