Biphasic waveforms for ventricular defibrillation: Optimization of total pulse and second phase durations

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9 I, 1997, Pages 2154-2162

  Matula, Markus H ^a,c   Brooks, Michael J ^a   Pan, Q I ^a   Pless, Ben D ^b   Province, Rose A ^b   Echt, Debra S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ventritex Inc   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphasic waveforms; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Pulse duration; Ventricular defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RABBITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0030984448     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04231.x     Document Type: Article

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