Effect of electrode surface area on thresholds for AC stimulation and ventricular fibrillation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1829-1836

  Patel, Shivani Govind ^a   Malkin, Robert A ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Leakage currents; Medical device safety; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ISOFLURANE; LEAD; STAINLESS STEEL;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; VITAL SIGN;

ANIMALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548831929     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.904528     Document Type: Article

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