How to program pulse duration or tilt in implantable cardioverter defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 453-456

  Irnich, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Exponential pulse; Programming; Pulse duration; Tilt; Truncation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ATRIUM; THEORY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037252933     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00070.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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