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Just the facts: management of electrical storm and recurrent ICD shocks in the emergency department

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4E9, Canada

    Lindsay Cheskes & Ashley Krywenky

  2. Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Mouhannad M. Sadek

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Cheskes, L., Krywenky, A. & Sadek, M.M. Just the facts: management of electrical storm and recurrent ICD shocks in the emergency department. Can J Emerg Med 23, 147–149 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-020-00049-9

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