Prospective comparison of biphasic and monophasic shocks for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators using endocardial leads

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 304-310

  Saksena, Sanjeev ^a,b,c   An, Huanlin ^a,b,c   Mehra, Rahul ^a,b,c   DeGroot, Paul ^a,b,c   Krol, Ryszard B ^a,b,c   Burkhardt, Edward ^a,b,c   Mehta, Davendra ^a,b,c   John, Thampi ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Eastern Heart Institute   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0026774142     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90609-3     Document Type: Article

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