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Production of Cardiac Arrest in Animals

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THE basic requirement in the study of cardiac resuscitation methods is to obtain a method whereby we can arrest cardiac function in standard circumstances for a predetermined period of time. Numerous methods of inducing cardiac arrest are so far known1–6.

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HEID, J., SZÉKELEY, O. Production of Cardiac Arrest in Animals. Nature 200, 1104 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001104a0

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