"Tuned" defibrillation waveforms outperform 50/50% tilt defibrillation waveforms: A randomized multi-center study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Natarajan, Senthil ^a,g   Henthorn, Richard ^b   Burroughs, Jefferson ^b   Esberg, Douglas ^c   Zweibel, Steven ^d   Ross, Terence ^e   Kroll, Mark ^f   Gianola, Don ^f   Oza, Ashish ^f  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fairfield Cardiac Cath Labs   (United States)

^c LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Orthopaedic Associates of New York   (United States)

^e King's Daughters Medical Center   (United States)

^f ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation waveform; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Tilt defibrillation biphasic waveform; Tuned defibrillation waveform; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; STANDARDIZATION; WAVEFORM;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846290710     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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