Patient-specific computational analysis of transvenous defibrillation: A comparison to clinical metrics in humans

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 775-783

  Mocanu, Daniel ^a   Kettenbach, Joachim ^b   Sweeney, Michael O ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^b   KenKnight, Bruce H ^c   Eisenberg, Solomon R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical mass; Finite volume method; Modeling; Patient specific; Transvenous defibrillation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; CRITICAL MASS; POTENTIAL GRADIENTS; TRANSVENOUS DEFIBRILLATION;

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; X RAYS;

DEFIBRILLATORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442531111     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000030253.95538.80     Document Type: Article

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