Transthoracic biphasic waveform defibrillation at very high and very low energies: A comparison with monophasic waveforms in an animal model of ventricular fibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-186

  Clark, Craig B ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Davies, L Ray ^a   Karlsson, Gudjon ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Resuscitation; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INTUBATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SWINE; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; MODELS, ANIMAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; ANIMALS;

EID: 0036024422     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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