Novel passive implantable atrial defibrillator using transcutaneous radiofrequency energy transmission successfully cardioverts atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1382-1388

  Manoharan, Ganesh ^a,b,c   Evans, Noel ^b   Kidwai, Bakthiar ^a,c   Allen, Desmond ^a,c   Anderson, John ^b   Adgey, Jennifer ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardioversion; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SHEEP; SINUS RHYTHM; SKIN; SWINE; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART; SHEEP; SKIN;

EID: 0141430981     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000087594.42881.3C     Document Type: Article

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