Transthoracic atrial defibrillation energy thresholds are correlated to uniformity of current density distributions

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4374-4377

  Hunt, Leslie C ^a,b   De Jongh Curry, Amy L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL DEFIBRILLATION; CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY THRESHOLDS;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DEFIBRILLATORS;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; PATHOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 34047153388     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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