Effects of shock polarity reversal on defibrillation threshold in an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-500

  Zienciuk, Agnieszka ^a   Lubiński, Andrzej ^a,b   Królak, Tomasz ^a   Lewicka Nowak, Ewa ^a   Kempa, Maciej ^a   Pazdyga, Anna ^a   Raczak, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; ICD; Shock polarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; POLARIZATION;

EID: 34250695561     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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