Improved defibrillation efficacy with an ascending ramp waveform in humans

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 388-394

  Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a   Rashba, Eric ^a   Havel, William ^b   Belk, Paul ^b   Degroot, Paul ^b   Swerdlow, Charles ^c   Gold, Michael R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Defibrillation; Electrophysiology; Implantable defibrillators; Tachyarrhythmias; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 15944364440     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.12.017     Document Type: Article

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