Analysis of defibrillation efficacy from myocardial voltage gradients with finite element modeling

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1025-1036

  Wang, Yanqun ^a   Schimpf, Paul H ^a   Haynor, David R ^a   Bardy, Gust H ^a   Kirn, Yongmin ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Defibrillation; Defibrillation threshold; Finite element

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFIBRILLATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD (DFT);

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPUTER MODEL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032843319     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.784133     Document Type: Article

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