Improved nonthoracotomy defibrillation based on ventricular fibrillation waveform characteristics

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11 I, 1996, Pages 1537-1547

  Hsia, Peng Wie E ^a,b   Suresh, Gurunathan ^a   Allen, Cynthia A ^b   Harrington, Gary ^b   Maskal, Steve ^b   Fain, Eric ^c   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ventritex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

absolute VF voltage; electric countershock; nonthoracotomy defibrillation; real time processing; VF waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACOTOMY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029958145     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03178.x     Document Type: Article

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