Clinical Efficacy of a Wearable Defibrillator in Acutely Terminating Episodes of Ventricular Fibrillation Using Biphasic Shocks

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2016-2022

  Reek, Sven ^a   Geller, J Christoph ^a   Meltendorf, Ulf ^a   Wollbrueck, Anke ^a   Szymkiewicz, Steven J ^b   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b LIFECOR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Resuscitation; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY CARE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0142137590     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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