Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67 , January 2010

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator detection algorithm

Received 21 November 2008

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PII: S0022-0736(09)00237-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.05.010

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67 , January 2010

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