Role of proximal electrode position in transvenous ventricular defibrillation

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 418-423

  Nitta, Junichi ^a   Khoury, Dirar S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Transvenous lead

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROELECTRODES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLDS; DOG VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION MODEL; PROXIMAL ELECTRODE POSITION; TRANSVENOUS VENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATION;

DEFIBRILLATORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTRODE; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030152407     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02660890     Document Type: Article

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