The effect of shock configuration and delivered energy on defibrillation impedance

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Olsovsky, Mary R ^a   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a   Gold, Michael R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pectoral lead system; Defibrillation impedance; Transvenous defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0032955613     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00325.x     Document Type: Article

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