Optimized pulse durations minimize the effect of polarity reversal on defibrillation efficacy with biphasic shocks

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 790-797

  Schauerte, Patrick ^a,b   Schöndube, Friedrich A ^a   Grossmann, Marius ^a   Messmer, Bruno J ^a   Hanrath, Peter ^a   Stellbrink, Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphasic shocks; Defibrillation; Shock polarity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0345621606     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00545.x     Document Type: Article

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