Critically timed auxiliary shock to weak field area lowers defibrillation threshold

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 556-562

  Walker, Robert G ^b   Kenknight, Bruce H ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^b,c  

^a Guidant Cardiac Rhythm Mgmt Group ^*  (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Left ventricle; Waveform

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ENERGY; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035008354     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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