Cardiac stimulation with high voltage discharge from stun guns

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1451-1457

  Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a,b   Massé, Stephane ^a,b   Umapathy, Karthikeyan ^a,b   Dorian, Paul ^a,c   Sevaptsidis, Elias ^a,b   Waxman, Menashe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STUN GUN;

EID: 44649134628     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071867     Document Type: Review

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