Vector magnitude using orthogonal ECG leads during ventricular fibrillation is associated with defibrillation outcome

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-61

  Gurunathan, Suresh ^a,b   Hsia, Peng Wie ^a   Lawton, Jennifer ^a   Hua, Dong Ping ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ventritex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; LEAD; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VECTORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DEFIBRILLATION; PEAK SHOCK METHOD; RANDOM SHOCK METHOD; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031910238     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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