Clinical evaluation of defibrillation efficacy with a new single-capacitor biphasic waveform in patients undergoing implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Europace

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 278-284

  Brugada, Josep ^a,f   Herse, B ^b   Sandsted, B ^c   Michel, U ^d   Schubert, B D ^d   Hahn, S J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c University Clinic   (Sweden)

^d Guidant CPI Research   (Belgium)

^e Guidant Tachyarrhythmia Research   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitor; Defibrillation; Human; Pulse waveform; Pulse waveform tilt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TILTING; WAVEFORM;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034769772     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2001.0184     Document Type: Article

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