An irate, hospitalized man who had developed an irregular heartbeat reverted to a normal rhythm after security personnel subdued him with a Taser, a team of doctors reports in an upcoming issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
The incident in Connecticut last month is the first to suggest a beneficial cardiac effect from a Taser, an electroshock weapon that emits an incapacitating jolt of electricity.
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