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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier survival curve comparing probability of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) discharges for termination of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (vertical axis) for 30 days before and 30 days after September 11. A significantly greater proportion of patients experienced ICD discharges after the World Trade Center attack.