Current is better than energy as predictor of success for biphasic defibrillatory shocks in a porcine model of ventricular fibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 678-683

  Ristagno, Giuseppe ^a   Yu, Tao ^b   Quan, Weilun ^c   Freeman, Gary ^c   Li, Yongqin ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZOLL Medical Corporation   (United States)

^d THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Current based defibrillation; Energy based defibrillation; Impedance compensation; Shock success; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRICITY; MALE; ROC CURVE; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84876720637     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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