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Who Should Receive a Wearable Defibrillator Vest at Hospital Discharge?

Published:2019-09-07 Issue:10 Volume:21 Page:
ISSN:1523-3782
Container-title:Current Cardiology Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Curr Cardiol Rep

Author:

Kachur Sergey,Morin Daniel P.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11886-019-1215-8.pdf

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