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Defibrillation: the Spark of Life

In the 50 years since doctors first used electricity to restart the human heart, we have learned much about defibrillators and little about fibrillation

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 278 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Defibrillation: the Spark of Life” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 278 No. 6 (), p. 86
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0698-86