Disparate effects of biphasic and monophasic shocks on postshock refractory period dispersion

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 43-6, 1998, Pages

  Jason Sims, J ^a   Miller, Allison Winecoff ^b   Ujhelyi, Michael R ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Electrophysiology; Graded response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031832023     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.6.h1943     Document Type: Article

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