The effect of polarity of the initial phase of a biphasic shock waveform on the defibrillation threshold of pectorally implanted defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 337-342

  Keelan, Edward T ^a   Sra, Jasbir S ^a,b   Axtell, Kathi ^a   Maglio, Cheryl ^a   Underwood, R Dent ^a   Desphande, Sanjay ^a   Biehl, Michael ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Blanck, Zalmen ^a   Jazayeri, Mohammad R ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

biphasic shock waveform; defibrillation threshold; polarity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK WAVE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THORAX; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 8044242328     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06178.x     Document Type: Article

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