Effects of Cocaine Intoxication on the Threshold for Stun Gun Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 805-811

  Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^a   Wallick, Donald ^a   Ryschon, Kay ^a   Chung, Mina K ^a   Butany, Jagdish ^b   Martin, David ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Kowalewski, William ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a   Tchou, Patrick J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INTOXICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR INCAPACITATING DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEART RATE; MALE; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33746858514     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.055     Document Type: Article

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