Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 1495-1500 , October 2009

Precordial thump for cardiac arrest is effective for asystole but not for ventricular fibrillation

  • Christopher Madias, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Barry J. Maron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Mohammad Rajab, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Mark S. Link, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Mark S. Link, Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box 197, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Received 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

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 Funding for this study was provided by the Louis J. Acompora Foundation.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00687-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.06.029

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 1495-1500 , October 2009

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