Is the Second Phase of a Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform the Defihrillating Phase?

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 1401-1411

  HILLSLEY, RUSSELL E ^a   WALKER, ROBERT G ^a   SWANSON, DAVID K ^a   ROLLINS, DENNIS L ^a   WOLF, PATRICK D ^a   SMITH, WILLIAM M ^a   IDEKER, RAYMOND E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biphosic shocks; defibrillation; sudden cardiac death; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; SUDDEN DEATH; SWINE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0027213796     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1993.tb01735.x     Document Type: Article

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