Ventricular Defibrillation — A Comparative Trial Using 175-J and 320-J Shocks

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 307, Issue 18, 1982, Pages 1101-1106

  Weaver, W Douglas ^a   Cobb, Leonard A ^a   Copass, Michael K ^a   Hallstrom, Alfred P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

EID: 0019946755     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198210283071801     Document Type: Article

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