Synchronization of ventricular fibrillation with real-time feedback pacing: Implication to low-energy defibrillation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 6 54-6, 2003, Pages

  Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Liu, Yen Bin ^a   Hayashi, Hideki ^a   Okuyama, Yuji ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Defibrillation; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344872572     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00366.2003     Document Type: Article

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