Electrode placement significantly affects transthoracic atrial defibrillation thresholds

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-68

  Hunt, L C ^a,b   De Jongh Curry, A L ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial defibrillation; Computer modeling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRUNK;

EID: 14044276263     PISSN: 14329077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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