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(Circulation. 1961;23:925.)
© 1961 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Control of Ventricular Tachycardia by Direct Cardiac Electric Shock

J. K. CLAREBROUGH F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.¹ I. HOIPKINS M.B.¹

¹ From the Departments of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

A case is presented of ventricular tachycardia occurring following myocardial infarction. When medical measures failed to convert the rhythm to normal, direct cardiac electric shock was employed, with return to normal of the cardiac rhythm and recovery of the patient.