Marked reduction in internal atrial defibrillation thresholds with dual- current pathways and sequential shocks in humans

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 2527-2535

  Cooper, Randolph A S ^a,b   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Neal Kay, G ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Defibrillation; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPACITANCE BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032581033     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.25.2527     Document Type: Article

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