Long-term evaluation of the ventricular defibrillation energy requirement

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 916-920

  Tokano, Takashi ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Flemming, Matthew ^a   Horwood, Laura ^a   Souza, Joseph J ^a   Zivin, Adam ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Goyal, Rajiva ^a   Man, K Ching ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation safety margin; Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14444285506     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00132.x     Document Type: Article

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