Several small shocks beat one big one

Richard A. Gray () and John P. Wikswo ()
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Richard A. Gray: Richard A. Gray is in the Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002, USA.
John P. Wikswo: of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, and of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 475, issue 7355, 181-182

Abstract: Life-threatening abnormalities in the electrical rhythm of the heart are usually treated with the application of a large electric shock. An approach involving a significantly smaller shock energy may be equally effective. See Letter p.235

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/475181a

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