Is there an optimal electrode pad size to maximize intracardiac current in transthoracic defibrillation?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 283-292

  Pagan Carlo, Luis A ^a   Birkett, Clayton L ^a   Smith, Robin A ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; electrodes; intracardiac current

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART WEIGHT; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; THORAX;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 0031027746     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06172.x     Document Type: Article

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