Principles of Defibrillation: From Cellular Physiology to Fields and Waveforms

Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation, and Resynchronization Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 59-74

  Walcott, Gregory P ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2536-8.50007-8     Document Type: Chapter

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