A prospective randomized trial of defibrillation thresholds from the right ventricular outflow tract and the right ventricular apex

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-171

  Crossley, George H ^a   Boyce, Ker ^b   Roelke, Marc ^c   Evans, Joseph ^d   Yousuf, Dalal ^e   Syed, Zaffer ^e   Vicari, Ralph ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Moore Regional Hospital   (United States)

^c NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d St Mary's Hospital Richmond   (United States)

^e ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^f Holmes Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillator; RV outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849155576     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02198.x     Document Type: Article

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