Better outcome after pediatric defibrillation dosage than adult dosage in a swine model of pediatric ventricular fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 786-789

  Berg, Robert A ^a,d   Samson, Ricardo A ^a,b   Berg, Marc D ^a,b   Chapman, Fred W ^c   Hilwig, Ronald W ^b   Banville, Isabelle ^c   Walker, Robert G ^c   Nova, Richard C ^c   Anavy, Nathan ^b   Kern, Karl B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Medtronic Emergency Response Systems   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MICROCLIMATE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; SWINE;

EID: 20044364763     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.11.040     Document Type: Article

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