Dynamic nature of electrocardiographic waveform predicts rescue shock outcome in porcine ventricular fibrillation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 230-241

  Lightfoot, Christopher B ^b   Callaway, Clifton W ^b   Hsieh, Margaret ^b   Fertig, Kristofer C ^b   Sherman, Lawrence D ^b   Menegazzi, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCALE UP; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0042347730     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.264     Document Type: Article

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