Publications by authors named "Luiz Henrique Loyola"

Background: The increasing use of conducted electronic weapons (CEW) cause concern regarding its secure application, specially regarding the implications in the cardiovascular system.

Methods: The objective was to determine Spark CEW safety through cardiovascular parameters analysis of healthy volunteers subjected to its use.

Results: Volunteers over 18years without cardiovascular disease or recent use of illegal drugs were submitted, before and after being affected with Spark CEW, to clinical evaluation; blood collection for serum laboratory tests; transthoracic electrocardiography at rest, transthoracic echodopplercardiogram and 24hour Holter.

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