Waveform optimization for internal atrial defibrillation: Effects of waveform rounding, phase duration, and voltage swing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1198-1207

  Kidwai, Bakhtiar J ^a,b,c   Desmond Allen, J ^a,b,c   Harbinson, Mark T ^a,b,c   Mcintyre, Allister ^a,b,c   Anderson, John ^a,b,c   Jennifer Adgey, A A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial defibrillation; Biphasic waveforms; Internal; Waveform rounding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034884832     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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