A Gentler Jolt to the Heart

10/10/2013; 1 minutes

Cardiologists and electrophysiologists are studying electrical methods to reduce the pain associated with cardiac defibrillator shocks—making the jolts less jarring but maintaining their life-saving effects. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering and mathematics societies.
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