An up-down Bayesian, defibrillation efficacy estimator

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 1292-1300

  Compos, Aliki T ^a   Malkin, Robert A ^a,b   Ideker, Raymond E ^a  

^a Duke N Carolina NSF ERC Emerging C   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; defibrillation threshold; implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SWINE;

EID: 0030911254     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06782.x     Document Type: Article

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