Electrical behavior of deflbrillation and pacing electrodes

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 446-456

  Kim, Yongmin ^a   Schimpf, Paul H ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CURRENT DENSITY; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PACEMAKERS; TISSUE;

DEFIBRILLATION ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE TISSUE INTERFACE; PACING ELECTRODES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 0030110240     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.486746     Document Type: Article

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