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Widespread adoption of external cardiac compression and external electrical defibrillation necessitated electrocardiographic differentiation between asystole and ventricular fibrillation. Use of the electrocardiograph attracted the attention of cardiologists, and many be-came instant experts in cardiopulmonary resuscitation without appreciation of the basic physiologic differences between cardiac arrest and other forms of cardiopulmonary dysfunction.
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Redding, J.S. (1977). Electrocardiography in Cardiac Arrest. In: Safar, P., Elam, J.O. (eds) Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6338-8_22
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