Transvenous single lead atrial defibrillation: Efficacy and risk of ventricular fibrillation in an ischemic canine model

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 580-589

  Osswald, Stefan ^a   Trouton, Thomas G ^a   Roelke, Marc ^a   O'Nunain, Sean S ^a   Fallon, John T ^a   Holden, Hartley B ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Garan, Hasan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Canine cardiomyopathy; Intracardiac defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031969070     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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