The Effect of Delivered Energy on Defibrillation Shock Impedance

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-277

  Weiss, Daniel N ^a   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a   Peters, Robert W ^a   Gold, Michael R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032152434     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009745222443     Document Type: Article

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