Defibrillation efficacy of different electrode placements in a human thorax model

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 152-157

  De Jongh, Amy L ^a,c   Entcheva, Emilia G ^a   Replogle, Janice A ^a   Booker III, Robert S ^b   Kenknight, Bruce H ^b   Claydon, Frank J ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Guidant/CPI ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation modeling; Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lead systems; Ventricular defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONDUCTANCE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; THORAX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THORAX;

EID: 0032948016     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00323.x     Document Type: Article

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