Successful transcutaneous external pacing for asystole following cardiac arrest.
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Successful transcutaneous external pacing for asystole following cardiac arrest.
We report a case of successful transcutaneous external pacing for out of hospital cardiac arrest causing asystole.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.5.3.184