Defibrillation using a high-frequency series of monophasic rectangular pulses: Observations and model predictions

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 134-143

  Sweeney, Robert J ^a   Gill, Robert M ^a   Jones, Janice L ^b   Reid, Philip R ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; electric countershock; filtered effective waveform model; time constant; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOG; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030062770     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00508.x     Document Type: Article

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