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Bernard Lown, a Common card
Bernard Lown was a Lithuanian-American cardiologist and inventor.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Bernard Lown quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bernard Lown card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He introduced a new use for the drug lidocaine to control heartbeat ______.
Answer
disturbances. He introduced a new use for the drug lidocaine to control heartbeat disturbances. From the Bernard Lown article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tony Gunawan. Tony Gunawan 77 · Polish population transfers in 1944–1946 74 · Bernard Lown 71 · Zhores Alferov 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Lown was the original developer of the direct current defibrillator for cardiac resuscitation, and the cardioverter for correcting rapid disordered heart rhythms.
- He introduced a new use for the drug lidocaine to control heartbeat disturbances.
- Throughout his medical career, Lown focused on two major medical challenges: the problem of sudden cardiac death and the role of psychological stress on the cardiovascular system.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bernard Lown article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Bernard Lown
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- Eddie HohCommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 60
- Henry TaubeCommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 62
- Marino SatoCommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 55
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bernard Lown (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fredric Lown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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