Electrical induction of ventricular fibrillation for resuscitation from postcountershock pulseless and asystolic cardiac arrests

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 723-728

  Leng, Charles T ^a,d   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Lardo, Albert C ^b   Paradis, Norman A ^c   Halperin, Henry R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Fibrillation; Myocardial stunning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0035822602     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0701.092217     Document Type: Article

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