AWhat changed
Reported external electrical pacing in two patients with ventricular standstill.
Scientific scope
The record is Zoll's sole-author 1952 New England Journal of Medicine report of two patients. It does not establish population-level benefit, absorb later implanted pacemakers and defibrillators, or credit every acknowledged clinician and device contributor as a paper author.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Zoll's sole-author 1952 New England Journal of Medicine report of two patients. It does not establish population-level benefit, absorb later implanted pacemakers and defibrillators, or credit every acknowledged clinician and device contributor as a paper author.
Contributors
- Paul M. Zoll · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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