A prospective randomized evaluation of biphasic versus monophasic waveform pulses on defibrillation efficacy in humans

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 728-733

  Bardy, Gust H ^a   Ivey, Tom D ^a   Allen, Margaret D ^a   Johnson, George ^a   Mehra, Rahul ^a   Greene, H Leon ^a  

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

AGED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0024448644     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(89)90118-6     Document Type: Article

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