Pacing following shocks stronger than the defibrillation threshold: Impact on defibrillation outcome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1022-1028

  Chattipakorn, Nipon ^a,b   Fotuhi, Parwis C ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DIASTOLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SWINE;

EID: 0033835502     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00175.x     Document Type: Article

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