Reduction of the internal atrial defibrillation threshold with balanced orthogonal sequential shocks

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 904-909

  Zheng, Xiangsheng ^a   Benser, Michael E ^b   Walcott, Gregory P ^a   Smith, William M ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial cardioversion; Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Defibrillation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIAL DEFIBRILLATION; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0036743750     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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