Real-time electrogram analysis for monitoring coronary blood flow during human ventricular fibrillation: Implications for CPR

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 740-749

  Umapathy, Karthikeyan ^a   Foomany, Farbod H ^a   Dorian, Paul ^b   Farid, Talha ^c   Sivagangabalan, Gopal ^c   Nair, Krishnakumar ^c   Masse, Stephane ^c   Krishnan, Sridhar ^a   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antegrade coronary flow; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Human ventricular fibrillation; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79955387278     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.12.033     Document Type: Article

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