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Amiodarone compared with lidocaine for shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation

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Singh, B.N. Amiodarone compared with lidocaine for shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation. Curr Cardiol Rep 4, 399–400 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-002-0039-z

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