Detection of the defibrillation threshold using the upper limit of vulnerability following defibrillator implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 498-505

  Kirilmaz, Ata ^a   Dokumaci, Barbaros ^b   Ezun, Mehmet ^a   Kilicaslan, Fethi ^a   Dinckal, M Hakan ^c,e   Yucel, Ozcan ^b   Karaca, Mustafa ^d  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Private Eskisehir Anadolu Hospital   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e Gazi Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; Defibrillator; Upper limit of vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; SAFETY; T WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 20544458987     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.50008.x     Document Type: Article

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