Multicenter comparison of truncated biphasic shocks and standard damped sine wave monophasic shocks for transthoracic ventricular defibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2507-2514

  Bardy, Gust H ^a,b   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Sharma, Arjun D ^a   Worley, Seth J ^a   Luceri, Richard M ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Halperin, Blair D ^a   Fellows, Christopher L ^a   Ahern, Thomas S ^a   Chilson, Donald A ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Wilber, David J ^a   Mattioni, Thomas A ^a   Reddy, Ramakota ^a   Kronmal, Richard A ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; electrical stimulation; fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; TOCAINIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; ST SEGMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0001398902     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.10.2507     Document Type: Article

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