AWhat changed
Reported timed capacitor-discharge cardioversion avoiding vulnerable ventricular period.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact three-author 1962 JAMA clinical report. It does not absorb earlier defibrillation work, the separate four-author animal comparison, later atrial-fibrillation series, device engineering contributions or modern outcome evidence.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact three-author 1962 JAMA clinical report. It does not absorb earlier defibrillation work, the separate four-author animal comparison, later atrial-fibrillation series, device engineering contributions or modern outcome evidence.
Contributors
- Bernard Lown · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Raghavan Amarasingham · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Jose Neuman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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