Cardiac Electrophysiological Consequences of Neuromuscular Incapacitating Device Discharges

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 798-804

  Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Billingsley, Ian M ^a   Masse, Stephane ^a   Dorian, Paul ^a   Cameron, Douglas ^a   Chauhan, Vijay S ^a   Downar, Eugene ^a   Sevaptsidis, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; HEART; HEART BEAT; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR INCAPACITATING DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THORAX WALL;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIREARMS; HEART RATE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; THORAX;

EID: 33746828597     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.02.076     Document Type: Article

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