Update on external cardioversion and defibrillation

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-57

  Dell'Orfano, Joseph T ^a   Naccarelli, Gerald V ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035172127     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200101000-00008     Document Type: Review

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