Can shocks timed to action potentials in low-gradient regions improve both internal and out-of-hospital defibrillation?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 41-44

  Jones, Janice ^a   Noe, William ^a   Tovar, Oscar ^a   Lin, Yayun ^b   Hsu, William ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CPI/Guidant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Monophasic action potential; Shock synchronization

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART FIBRILLATION; HYPOTHESIS; ISOLATED HEART; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032417913     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(98)90282-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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