The effect of inducing ventricular fibrillation with 50-Hz pacing versus T wave stimulation on the ability to defibrillate

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1093-1097

  Malkin, Robert A ^a,c   Johnson, Eric E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Cardiology Group of Memphis PA   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; Fibrillation induction; Upper limit of vulnerability; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE; DOG; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; T WAVE;

ANIMALS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031969447     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00155.x     Document Type: Article

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