Median fibrillation frequency in cardiac surgery: Influence of temperature and guide to countershock therapy

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1560-1564

  Strolunenger, Hans Ulrich ^a,c   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^a   Lindner, Karl H ^a   Schickling, Judith ^a   Brown, Charles G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Intensiv und Schmerztherapie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Median frequency; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8244259916     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.6.1560     Document Type: Article

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