Reproducibility of ventricular fibrillation characteristics in patients undergoing implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1209-1217

  Taneja, Taresh ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey ^a   Parker, Michelle A ^a   Johnson, Dave ^a   Robinson, Nikki ^a   Horvath, George ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast Fourier transform; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030671569     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb01010.x     Document Type: Article

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