Defibrillation Thresholds Are Lower with Smaller Storage Capacitors

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1661-1665

  LEONELLI, FABIO M ^a   KROLL, MARK W ^b   BREWER, JAMES E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Angeion Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

electric impedance; implantable defibrillators; ventricular fibrillation; waveforms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ENERGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPOTENSION; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART BLOCK; HYPOTENSION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0029101266     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1995.tb06987.x     Document Type: Article

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