Ventricular Fibrillation Scaling Exponent Can Guide Timing of Defibrillation and Other Therapies

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 926-931

  Menegazzi, James J ^a,b   Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Sherman, Lawrence D ^a   Hostler, David P ^a   Wang, Henry E ^a   Fertig, Kristofer C ^a   Logue, Eric S ^a  

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

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCALING EXPONENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 1342330973     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000112606.41127.D2     Document Type: Article

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