Clinical shock tolerability and effect of different right atrial electrode locations on efficacy of low energy human transvenous atrial defibrillation using an implantable lead system

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1324-1330

  Lok, Ngai Sang ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Ayers, Gregory M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROSHOCK; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030784905     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00298-2     Document Type: Article

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