Novel rectangular biphasic and monophasic waveforms delivered by a radiofrequency-powered defibrillator compared with conventional capacitor-based waveforms in transvenous cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 873-880

  Walsh, Simon J ^a   Manoharan, Ganesh ^a,c   Escalona, Omar J ^b   Santos, Jose ^c   Evans, Noel ^c   Anderson, John McC ^c   Stevenson, Mike ^d   Allen, J Desmond ^d   Adgey, A A Jennifer ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Defibrillation; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SHEEP; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; SWINE;

EID: 33749670133     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul086     Document Type: Article

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