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Editorial

Primary prevention ICDs: why replace them if they haven't been used?

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306061

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Footnotes

Competing interests PRR has received honoraria and research funding from Medtronic, St Jude Medical, Boston Scientific and Sorin.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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