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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.11.1020

A case report involving a cardiac arrest in a patient following EST is given.

Possible mechanisms and prevention of this cardiac catastrophe is discussed.

The possibility is raised that closed chest cardiac massage could be utilized effectively in cardiac arrest associated with electroshock therapy.

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