Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 241-243 , August 2005

Pacemaker spikes misleading the diagnosis of ventricular fibrillation

Received 19 October 2004 ,Revised 23 December 2004 ,Accepted 28 January 2005.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the Abstract and Keywords of this article appears as Appendix at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.01.017.

PII: S0300-9572(05)00086-9

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.01.017

Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 241-243 , August 2005

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