TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudo-Thump Version
AU - Kostis, John B.
AU - Goodkind, M. Jay
PY - 1972/4/6
Y1 - 1972/4/6
N2 - To the Editor: Prompted by descriptions of chest thumps, thump versions and posterior thump versions published in the Journal (issues of November 26, 1970. February 18. 1971, April 22, 1971, and May 27, 1971), we should like to call attention to a case of pseudo-thump version. It occurred in a 65-year-old woman admitted to our coronary-care unit because of chest pain. The night nurse observed on the monitor what appeared to be ventricular fibrillation and (being aware of the literature reports) immediately “thump-verted” the patient, with “excellent results.” On the next day closer examination of the tracing (Fig. 1) revealed ….
AB - To the Editor: Prompted by descriptions of chest thumps, thump versions and posterior thump versions published in the Journal (issues of November 26, 1970. February 18. 1971, April 22, 1971, and May 27, 1971), we should like to call attention to a case of pseudo-thump version. It occurred in a 65-year-old woman admitted to our coronary-care unit because of chest pain. The night nurse observed on the monitor what appeared to be ventricular fibrillation and (being aware of the literature reports) immediately “thump-verted” the patient, with “excellent results.” On the next day closer examination of the tracing (Fig. 1) revealed ….
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197204062861416
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197204062861416
M3 - Letter
C2 - 5025787
AN - SCOPUS:0015495649
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 286
SP - 782
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 14
ER -