TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cardioversion and Defibrillation A1 - Shah, Chirag N. A1 - Rogers, Patrick J. A1 - Morrison, Daniel S. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - The application of electricity to the heart induces depolarization of the myocardial cells in a uniform fashion. This may interrupt reentry circuits that are inducing an arrhythmia. Depolarization of the myocardium allows the sinus node to resume its normal pacing function. This is accomplished with the transthoracic application of a direct-current electrical shock. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159796246 ER -