A second defibrillator chest patch electrode will increase implantation rates for nonthoracotomy defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1304-1310

  Solomon, Allen J ^a   Swartz, John F ^b,d   Rodak, David J ^a   Moore, Hans J ^a   Hannan, Robert L ^a   Tracy, Cynthia M ^a   Fletcher, Ross D ^a,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cardiology of Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation threshold; implantable defibrillator; nonthoracotomy; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; THORACOTOMY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029840753     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04208.x     Document Type: Article

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