Intraoperative hypothermia increased defibrillation energy requirements

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 741-743

  Kapetanopoulos, Athanasios ^a,c   Katsetos, Manny C ^b   Kluger, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; PROPOFOL; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; P WAVE; R WAVE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 34548044289     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3280101df8     Document Type: Article

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