Improvement of defibrillation efficacy with preshock synchronized pacing

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 581-587

  Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Okuyama, Yuji ^a   Oh, Yong Seog ^a   Hayashi, Hideki ^a   Liu, Yen Bin ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Mapping; Pacing; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442499443     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03573.x     Document Type: Article

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