Relative efficacy of different tilts with biphasic defibrillation in humans

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-206

  Natale, Andrea ^a,b   Sra, Jasbir ^a   Krum, David ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Deshpande, Sanjay ^a   Jazayeri, Mohammad ^a   Newby, Keith ^a   Wase, Abdul ^a   Axtell, Kathy ^a   Vanhout, Warren L ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation threshold; implantable defibrillator; nonthoracotomy system; subthreshold shocks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SARCOLEMMA; TILTING;

ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 9044245698     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03311.x     Document Type: Article

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