Transmembrane voltage changes produced by real and virtual electrodes during monophasic defibrillation shock delivered by an implantable electrode

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1031-1045

  Efimov, Igor R ^a   Cheng, Yuanna N ^a   Biermann, Martin ^b   Van Wagoner, David R ^a   Mazgalev, Todor N ^a   Tchou, Patrick J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent imaging; Langendorff perfused rabbit heart; Shock induced membrane polarization; Transvenous bipolar single lead; Ventricular fibrillation; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030963862     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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