Open AccessAscending-Ramp Biphasic Waveform Has a Lower Defibrillation Threshold and Releases Less Troponin I Than a Truncated Exponential Biphasic Waveform
Author(s) -
Jian Huang,
Gregory P. Walcott,
Richard B. Ruse,
Scott J. Bohanan,
Cheryl R. Killingsworth,
Raymond E. Ideker
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.109777
Subject(s) - waveform , defibrillation , defibrillation threshold , shock (circulatory) , medicine , amplitude , ventricular fibrillation , phase (matter) , cardiology , voltage , physics , optics , quantum mechanics
We tested the hypothesis that the shape of the shock waveform affects not only the defibrillation threshold but also the amount of cardiac damage.
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