Transthoracic electrical impedance during external defibrillation: Comparison of measured and modelled waveforms

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-153

  Al Hatib, F ^a   Trendafilova, E ^b   Daskalov, I ^a  

^a CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b Cardiovasc Cent   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Modelling; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

'CURRENT; CURRENT AMPLITUDE; CURRENT ENERGY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENT; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MODELING; TRANSTHORACIC IMPEDANCE; WAVEFORMS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0033995692     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/21/1/318     Document Type: Article

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