Does acute volume overloading in the setting of left ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension affect the defibrillation threshold

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 759-764

  Vigh, Alexander G ^a,b   Lowder, Jerry ^a   Deantonio, Harry J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delaware Cardiovascular Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; DFT

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART STRESS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; STROKE VOLUME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033025446     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00540.x     Document Type: Article

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