Control of Ventricular Tachycardia by Direct Cardiac Electric Shock
- 1 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 23 (6) , 925-928
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.23.6.925
Abstract
A case is presented of ventricular tachycardia occurring following myocardial infarction. When medical measures failed to convert the rhythm to normal, direct cardiac electric shock was employed, with return to normal of the cardiac rhythm and recovery of the patient.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Ventricular FibrillationNew England Journal of Medicine, 1960
- Severe case of ventricular tachycardiaThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1958