Echocardiographic Evaluation of a TASER-X26 Application in the Ideal Human Cardiac Axis
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Echocardiographic evaluation of a TASER-X26 application in the ideal human cardiac axis.
OBJECTIVES TASER electronic control devices (ECDs) are used by law enforcement to subdue aggressive persons. Some deaths temporally proximate to their use have occurred. There is speculation that these devices can cause dangerous cardiac rhythms. Swine research supports this hypothesis and has reported significant tachyarrhythmias. It is not known if this occurs in humans. The objective of this...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00201.x