Ventricular fibrillation sensing and detection by implantable defibrillators: Is one better than the others? A prospective, comparative study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 445-452

  Panotopoulos, Panogiotis ^a   Krum, David ^a   Axtell, Kathi ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a   Deshpande, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035052674     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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