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Electric Countershock

Known as: Defibrillation, Electroversions, Cardiac, Cardiac Electroversions 
The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a normal one, by pharmacologic means using… 
National Institutes of Health

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Automated External DefibrillatorsBreaths^post cardioversion:NRat:Pt:Respiratory system:QnBreaths^pre cardioversion:NRat:Pt:Respiratory system:QnCDISC SDTM Procedure Terminology

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Direct current cardioversion

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The critical importance of minimal delay between chest compressions and subsequent defibrillation: a haemodynamic explanation.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Epicardial mapping of ventricular defibrillation with monophasic and biphasic shocks in dogs.
To study the mechanism of defibrillation and the reason for the increased defibrillation efficacy of biphasic waveforms, the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A prospective randomized evaluation of biphasic versus monophasic waveform pulses on defibrillation efficacy in humans.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Ventricular defibrillation using biphasic waveforms: the importance of phasic duration.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Improved defibrillation thresholds with large contoured epicardial electrodes and biphasic waveforms.
A reduction in the shock strength required for defibrillation would allow use of a smaller automatic implantable cardioverter… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The relationship between successful defibrillation and delivered energy in open-chest dogs: reappraisal of the "defibrillation threshold" concept.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The implanted defibrillator: relation of defibrillating lead configuration and clinical variables to defibrillation threshold.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Improved neurologic recovery and survival after early defibrillation.
Eighty-seven patients who had out-of-hospital cardiac arrests received defibrillating shocks delivered by minimally trained first… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Serum enzymes and isoenzymes in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and necrosis.
Diagnosis of injury to the myocardium is facilitated by information on the activities of creatine kinase (EC 2.7.3.2) MB… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Myocardial protection with cold, ischemic, potassium-induced cardioplegia.
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