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During a surgical procedure, the patient is exposed to a risk that is inherent in the use of medical electric equipment. The situations involved in this study presume that, in open thorax surgery, 60-Hz currents with milliampere units can pass through the myocardium. A current as small as 50 or 70 muA crossing the heart can cause cardiac arrest. This risk exists due to the electrical supply in the...