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. 2021 Jun 7;193(23):E852.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210327.

Deactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Darryl Wan  1 , Santabhanu Chakrabarti  2
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Deactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Darryl Wan et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Magnet placed over an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator pocket, and taped into place.
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