Estimating defibrillation efficacy using combined upper limit of vulnerability and defibrillation testing

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-78

  Malkin, Robert A ^a,b,c   Pilkington, Theo C ^c   Ideker, Raymond E ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c Duke North Carolina NSF/ERC in Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION EFFICACY; DEFIBRILLATION TESTING; STIMULUS STRENGTH; UPPER LIMIT OF VULNERABILITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEFIBRILLATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TESTING;

CARDIOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; DEFIBRILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SWINE;

EID: 0030061487     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.477702     Document Type: Article

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