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John C. Schuder, PhD
Columbia, Mo

JAMA. 1970;214(6):1123.

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To the Editor.—

In reference to your recent editorial comment entitled "Automatic Detection and Defibrillation of Lethal Arrhythmias—A New Concept"¹, readers might be interested in a recent paper by our group² which, in a sense, supplements the paper by Mirowski and colleagues.³

In contrast to the work reported by Mirowski et al, our approach involved electrodes implanted between the pectoralis major muscle and the rib cage, detection of fibrillation from the electrocardiographic signal, a quasi-trapezoidal defibrillatory shock, and a system small enough to be completely implanted. Some 73 successful defibrillatory episodes were reported in three dogs with completely implanted systems. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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