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Electric Countershock
Known as:
Defibrillation
, Electroversions, Cardiac
, Cardiac Electroversions
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The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a normal one, by pharmacologic means using…
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Automated External Defibrillators
Breaths^post cardioversion:NRat:Pt:Respiratory system:Qn
Breaths^pre cardioversion:NRat:Pt:Respiratory system:Qn
CDISC SDTM Procedure Terminology
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Broader (1)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Narrower (1)
Direct current cardioversion
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Choosing the Optimal Monophasic and Biphasic Waveforms for Ventricular Defibrillation
G. Walcott
,
R. Walker
,
A. Cates
,
W. Krassowska
,
William M. Smith
,
R. Ideker
Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
1995
Corpus ID: 21414450
Optimal Monophasic and Biphasic Waveforms. Introduction: The truncated exponential waveform from an implantable cardioverter…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A Minimal Model of the Single Capacitor Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform
M. Kroll
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
1994
Corpus ID: 40513494
A quantita tive model of the single capacitor biphasic defibrillation wave form is proposed. The primary hypothesis of this model…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Synchronized Repolarization After Defibrillation Shocks: A Possible Component of the Defibrillation Process Demonstrated by Optical Recordings in Rabbit Heart
S. Dillon
Circulation
1992
Corpus ID: 751501
BackgroundIt is currently believed that defibrillation shocks act primarily by stimulating excitable myocardium to abolish wave…
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Review
1992
Review
1992
Defibrillation Threshold: Clinical Utility and Therapeutic Implications
I. Singer
,
D. Lang
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
1992
Corpus ID: 43223132
Termination of ventricular fibrillation (VF) by passing electrical current through the chest was first described by Kouwenhoven…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Strength-duration and probability of success curves for defibrillation with biphasic waveforms.
S. A. Feeser
,
Anthony S. L. Tang
,
+5 authors
R. E. Ideker
Circulation
1990
Corpus ID: 11949952
Certain biphasic waveforms require less energy to defibrillate than do monophasic pulses of equal duration, although the…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Improved cardiac cell excitation with symmetrical biphasic defibrillator waveforms.
J. Jones
,
R. E. Jones
,
G. Balasky
American Journal of Physiology
1987
Corpus ID: 26327479
According to the most commonly accepted hypothesis, ventricular defibrillation is produced by exciting cells in a critical mass…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Decreased defibrillator-induced dysfunction with biphasic rectangular waveforms.
J. Jones
,
R. E. Jones
American Journal of Physiology
1984
Corpus ID: 6945529
High-intensity electric shocks used for cardiac defibrillation produce arrhythmias, S-T segment changes, and a low percent…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Measurement of cardioversion/defibrillation thresholds in man by a truncated exponential waveform and an apical patch-superior vena caval spring electrode configuration.
R. Winkle
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E. Stinson
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S. Bach
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D. Echt
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P. Oyer
,
K. Armstrong
Circulation
1984
Corpus ID: 2110543
Defibrillation/cardioversion thresholds were measured in 33 patients undergoing defibrillator implants. Each patient had a 12 cm2…
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Clinical transvenous cardioversion of recurrent life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias: low energy synchronized cardioversion of ventricular tachycardia and termination of ventricular…
D. Zipes
,
W. Jackman
,
+5 authors
E. Prystowsky
American Heart Journal
1982
Corpus ID: 38522890
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Electrical dose for ventricular defibrillation of large and small animals using precordial electrodes.
L. Geddes
,
NV. A. Tacker
,
J. P. ROSBOROUCi
,
A. Moore
,
P. Cabler
Journal of Clinical Investigation
1974
Corpus ID: 9703953
Electrical ventricular defibrillation of heavy subjects (over 100 kg body weight) is uncommon for the human or any animal species…
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