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VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.

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His daughter immediately started CPR and another family member called EMS. Given the presentation, the cardiologist stented the vessel and the patient returned to the ICU for ongoing critical care. When EMS arrived the patient was in ventricular fibrillation. They shocked him twice before return of spontaneous circulation.

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