THE combined use of external cardiac massage and external electric defibrillation, as developed by Kouwenhoven et al. 1 and Zoll and his associates, 2 has added new dimensions to the resuscitation of ...

As a research tool to investigate the pathophysiological and molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disorders, and as an essential means of gene therapy for heart diseases, a gene transfer technique ...

Serum creatine kinase (CPK) activity was abnormally elevated on eight of 37 occasions in patients treated with direct-current electroshock. Serum total LDH rose on five and GOT on three occasions. The ...

Defibrillators use electrical shocks to restore a normal heart rate, especially in cases of life threatening arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest, while pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to ...