Effect of a Taser shot to the chest of a patient with an implantable defibrillator

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-341

  Haegeli, Laurent M ^a   Sterns, Laurence D ^a   Adam, David C ^a   Leather, Richard A ^a  

^a ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Taser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33144463330     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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