Smaller Capacitors Improve the Biphasic Waveform

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 771-776

  RIST, KEVIN ^a   TCHOU, PATRICK J ^a   MOWREY, KENT ^a   KROLL, MARK W ^b   BREWER, JAMES E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Angeion Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0027978108     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1994.tb01200.x     Document Type: Article

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