Home Defibrillator No Better than CPR

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Julie Steenhuysen | | Wednesday, April 2, 2008

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Having a defibrillator at home does not protect heart attack survivors against a cardiac arrest any better than having someone at home with good cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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