Preimplant atrial defibrillation testing with a temporary catheter in sheep

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1754-1758

  Elabbady, Tarek Z ^a,c   Tacker, Willis A ^a   Geddes, L A ^a   Ayers, Gregory M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Physio Control Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter and lead system; Defibrillation; EP study

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SHEEP; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; MALE; SHEEP;

EID: 0030875950     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03562.x     Document Type: Article

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