The mean ventricular fibrillation cycle length: A potentially useful parameter for programming implantable cardioverter defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1789-1794

  Li, Huagui ^a   Easley, Arthur ^a   Windle, John ^a   Samoil, Daniela ^a   Barrington, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031664335     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00280.x     Document Type: Article

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