N(α)-histogram analysis of the ventricular fibrillation ECG-signal as predictor of countershock success

Chaos, solitons and fractals

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1205-1212

  Amann, Anton ^a   Mayr, Gottfried ^a   Strohmenger, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033873615     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(99)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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