Mystery of Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform Efficacy. Is it Calcium?**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 836-838

  Daubert, James P ^a   Sheu, Shey Shing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biphasic waveforms; calcium transient; defibrillation; sudden cardiac arrest; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINUS RHYTHM; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PERICARDIUM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49849098169     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.041     Document Type: Editorial

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