Predicting Cardiothoracic Voltages During High Energy Shocks: Methodology and Comparison of Experimental to Finite Element Model Data

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 559-571

  Jorgenson, Dawn Blilie ^a,b   Schimpf, Paul H ^a   Shen, Irving ^a   Johnson, George ^a   Bardy, Gust H ^a   Haynor, David R ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Suite 500 2401 Fourth Ave WA 98121   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SWINE; THORAX;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; MATHEMATICS; METHODS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWINE; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029023541     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.387195     Document Type: Article

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