Termination of sustained atrial flutter and fibrillation using low-voltage multiple-shock therapy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Ambrosi, Christina M ^a   Ripplinger, Crystal M ^a   Efimov, Igor R ^a   Fedorov, Vadim V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Defibrillation; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HYPOTHESIS; ISOLATED HEART; LOW VOLTAGE MULTIPLE SHOCK DEFIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL MAPPING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RABBITS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 78650634410     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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