Is the Second Phase of a Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform the Defihrillating Phase?

A prospective randomized evaluation of biphasic versus monophasic waveform pulses on defibrillation efficacy in humans

1989 • 226 citations

Improved defibrillation thresholds with large contoured epicardial electrodes and biphasic waveforms.

1987 • 214 citations

Improved low energy defibrillation efficacy in man with the use of a biphasic truncated exponential waveform

1989 • 211 citations

Ventricular defibrillation using biphasic waveforms: The importance of phasic duration

1989 • 178 citations

Strength-duration and probability of success curves for defibrillation with biphasic waveforms.

1990 • 138 citations

Muscarinic cholinergic inhibition of adenylate cyclase in airway smooth muscle

1987 • 136 citations

Transthoracic Ventricular Defibrillation with Triangular and Trapezoidal Waveforms

1966 • 119 citations

Improved cardiac cell excitation with symmetrical biphasic defibrillator waveforms

1987 • 102 citations

Improved internal defibrillation efficacy with a biphasic waveform

1989 • 102 citations

Comparison of the internal defibrillation thresholds for monophasic and double and single capacitor biphasic waveforms

1989 • 100 citations

Transthoracic Ventricular Defibrillation in the 100 kg Calf with Symmetrical One-Cycle Bidirectional Rectangular Wave Stimuli

1983 • 89 citations

Prolongation of repolarization time by electric field stimulation with monophasic and biphasic shocks in open-chest dogs.

1991 • 87 citations

Comparative efficacy of monophasic and biphasic truncated exponential shocks for nonthoracotomy internal defibrillation in dogs

1988 • 87 citations

Conditioning prepulse of biphasic defibrillator waveforms enhances refractoriness to fibrillation wavefronts.

1991 • 83 citations

Response of relatively refractory canine myocardium to monophasic and biphasic shocks.

1991 • 72 citations

Increasing fibrillation duration enhances relative asymmetrical biphasic versus monophasic defibrillator waveform efficacy.

1990 • 70 citations

Bipolar catheter defibrillation in dogs using trapezoidal waveforms of various tilts

1980 • 56 citations

Electrophysiological Effects of Monophasic and Biphasic Stimuli in Normal and Infarcted Dogs

1990 • 50 citations

Superiority of biphasic shocks in the defibrillation of dogs by epicardial patches and catheter electrodes

1989 • 49 citations

Improved safety factor for triphasic defibrillator waveforms.

1989 • 22 citations

A more efficient waveform for cardiac stimulation

1971 • 14 citations

The Efficiency of Electrical Pulses for Cardiac Stimulation

1964 • 7 citations

Efficacy of monophasic electrical impulses with steep leading and trailing edges in cardiac defibrillation.

1977 • 6 citations