Echocardiographic evaluation of a TASER-X26 application in the ideal human cardiac axis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 838-844

  Ho, Jeffrey D ^a   Dawes, Donald M ^b   Reardon, Robert F ^a   Lapine, Anne L ^a   Dolan, Benjamin J ^a   Lundin, Erik J ^c   Miner, James R ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lompoc Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conducted electrical weapon; Electronic control device; TASER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MECHANOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICS; STERNUM; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROSHOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56849105152     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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