From defibrillation theory to clinical implications

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 814-825

  Irnich, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronaxie; defibrillation threshold; hyperbolic strength duration relationship; optimal truncation; rheobase; rheobase condition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONAXY; CLINICAL STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PULSE DURATION; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RHEOBASE; SHOCK; SWINE; THEORY; VOLTAGE PULSE CONTENT THRESHOLD; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SWINE;

EID: 77954367840     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02660.x     Document Type: Article

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