Defibrillation and the upper limit of vulnerability to fibrillation in a transthoracic guinea pig model

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Li, Hui ^a   Malkin, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Guinea pigs; Tachyarrhythmias; Upper limit of vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; GUINEA PIG; HEART FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032914307     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(99)90094-8     Document Type: Article

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