Internal Defibrillation with Smaller Capacitors: A Prospective Randomized Cross‐Over Comparison of Defibrillation Efficacy Obtained with 90‐μF and 125‐μF Capacitors in Humans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 333-342

  BLOCK, MICHAEL ^a   HAMMEL, DIETER ^b   BÖCKER, DIRK ^a   BORGGREFE, MARTIN ^a   SEIFERT, THOMAS ^a   FASTENRATH, CHRISTIAN ^a   SCHELD, HANS H ^b   BREITHARDT, GÜNTER ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

capacitance; defibrillation threshold; endocardial defibrillation; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029050842     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1995.tb00405.x     Document Type: Article

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