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Persistent supraventricular arrhythmias of the flutter or fibrillation-flutter type have been terminated by elective external electric countershock in three patients after drug therapy had been unsuccessful. It is suggested that this technic is a relatively safe and effective treatment for supraventricular as well as ventricular arrhythmias when anti-arrhythmic drugs have proved ineffective.
Paul et al. (Sun,) studied this question.