Drugs versus devices in controlling ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and recurrent cardiac arrest.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on October 23, 1997

Authors

W Haverkamp1, L Eckardt, M Borggrefe, G Breithardt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology and Angiology and Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, WestfâlischeWilhelms-University, Münster, Germany.

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