Comparison of the defibrillation threshold and the upper limit of ventricular vulnerability.

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1914 • 554 citations

Termination of ventricular fibrillation in dogs by depolarizing a critical amount of myocardium

1975 • 488 citations

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1940 • 419 citations

Activation during ventricular defibrillation in open-chest dogs. Evidence of complete cessation and regeneration of ventricular fibrillation after unsuccessful shocks.

1986 • 240 citations

Sudden Cardiac Death: A Problem in Topology

1983 • 166 citations

The potential gradient field created by epicardial defibrillation electrodes in dogs.

1986 • 136 citations

Anodal Excitation of Cardiac Muscle

1957 • 117 citations

Effect of pentobarbital anesthesia on ventricular defibrillation threshold in dogs

1978 • 87 citations

Hemodynamic effects of ventricular defibrillation

1970 • 77 citations

Vulnerability to Fibrillation and the Ventricular-Excitability Curve

1951 • 76 citations

Postshock arrhythmias—a possible cause of unsuccessful defibrillation

1980 • 71 citations

Succinylcholine and Cardiac Excitability

1962 • 60 citations

The electrical dose for ventricular defibrillation with electrodes applied directly to the heart

1974 • 43 citations

Safety Factor for Precordial Pacing: Minimum Current Thresholds for Pacing and for Ventricular Fibrillation by Vulnerable‐period Stimulation

1984 • 35 citations

Relationship between electrode geometry and effectiveness of ventricular defibrillation in the dog with catheter having one electrode in right ventricle and other electrode in superior vena cava, or external jugular vein, or both

1973 • 31 citations

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1942 • 30 citations

The Effect of Prolonged Pentobarbital Anaesthesia on Cardiac Electrophysiology and Inotropy of the Dog Heart in Situ

1979 • 30 citations

Data analysis programs for the UNIX operating system

1980 • 30 citations

Intracardiac Catheter Fibrillation Thresholds as a Function of the Duration of 60 Hz Current and Electrode Area

1977 • 26 citations

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1950 • 20 citations

Synchronous Intracardiac Cardioversion

1984 • 11 citations