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Ann Thorac Surg 1979;27:32-33
© 1979 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Low-Energy Direct Defibrillation of the Human Heart

Pedro A. Rubio, M.D.*, Edward M. Farrell, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Medical Center Del Oro Hospital, 8081 Greenbriar, Houston, TX.

Accepted for publication March 27, 1978.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Rubio, Cardiovascular Surgical Center, 7800 Fannin, Suite 201, Houston, TX 77054.

A direct cardiac defibrillation study in 30 patients who underwent heart operations with cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate systemic hypothermia is presented. No patient required more than 10 watt-seconds of energy for defibrillation, and, in 21 of them, 5 watt-seconds or less were sufficient.






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