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New method for terminating cardiac arrythmias; use of synchronized capacitor discharge.

J. Amer. med. Assoc., 182, 548-555. 1962.

Use of transthoracic direct current countershock of very short duration to avoid the vulnerable period in the cardiac cycle.

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