The virtual electrode hypothesis of defibrillation

Cardiac Bioelectric Therapy: Mechanisms and Practical Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 331-356

  Ripplinger, Crystal M ^a   Efimov, Igor R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857994818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79403-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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