Comparative reproducibility of defibrillation threshold and upper limit of vulnerability

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12 I, 1996, Pages 2103-2111

  Swerdlow, Charles D ^a,c   Davie, Scott ^a   Ahern, Tom ^b   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNRISE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Defibrillation threshold; Upper limit of vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; T WAVE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030466615     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03285.x     Document Type: Review

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