Comparison of a unipolar defibrillation system with a dual lead system using an enlarged defibrillation anode

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12 I, 1996, Pages 2083-2088

  Mattke, Sören ^a   Fiek, Michael ^a   Markewitz, Andreas ^b   Müller, Dieter ^a   Hoffmann, Ellen ^a   Schmöckel, Michael ^b   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Herzchirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defibrillation lead; Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030448529     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03282.x     Document Type: Review

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