Comparison of biphasic and monophasic shocks for defibrillation using a nonthoracotomy system

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 197-202

  Wyse, D George ^a,b   Kavanagh, Katherine M ^a,b   Gillis, Anne M ^a,b   Mitchell, L Brent ^a,b   Duff, Henry J ^a,b   Sheldon, Robert S ^a,b   Kieser, Teresa M ^a,b   Maitland, Andrew ^a,b   Flanagan, Patricia ^a,b   Rothschild, John ^a,b   Mehra, Rahul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; WAVEFORM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0027452637     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90738-X     Document Type: Article

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