Cancelled shock therapy is highly prevalent in ICD recipients but usually occurs as single episodes and does not reliably predict subsequent shock delivery.
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Cancelled shocks are common yet non-predictive in ICD recipients; leaves open whether algorithm refinements merit prospective evaluation.
Varma et al. (2009) studied this question.
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