IEVref:
891-05-28
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Language:
en
Status:
Standard
Term:
defibrillation
Synonym1:
cardioversion
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Definition:
suppression of auricular or ventricular fibrillation using an electric shock delivered by a defibrillator
NOTE – This term is not used to designate the interruption of atrial fibrillation by means of drugs.
Publication
date
:
1998-02
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suppression of auricular or ventricular fibrillation using an electric shock delivered by a defibrillator