The Fundamental Law of Electrostimulation and its Application to Defibrillation

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1433-1447

  IRNICH, WERNER ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

defibrillation; electrostimulation; fundamental law; threshold field strength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SIDE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN;

EID: 0025094535     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb04019.x     Document Type: Article

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