Relation between shock-related myocardial injury and defibrillation efficacy of monophasic and biphasic shocks in a canine model.

Comparison of alternating current with direct current electroshock across the closed chest

1962 • 310 citations

Implantable transvenous cardioverter-defibrillators.

1993 • 279 citations

Ventricular Defibrillation — A Comparative Trial Using 175-J and 320-J Shocks

1982 • 238 citations

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

1987 • 214 citations

A simplified, single-lead unipolar transvenous cardioversion-defibrillation system.

1993 • 212 citations

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

1989 • 211 citations

Complications in 220 patients with cardiac dysrhythmias treated by phased direct current shock, and indications for electroconversion.

1967 • 196 citations

A permanent transvenous lead system for an implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator. Nonthoracotomy approach to implantation.

1992 • 109 citations

Electroporation and recovery of cardiac cell membrane with rectangular voltage pulses

1992 • 107 citations

Improved cardiac cell excitation with symmetrical biphasic defibrillator waveforms

1987 • 102 citations

Improved internal defibrillation efficacy with a biphasic waveform

1989 • 102 citations

Electroporation of Cardiac Cell Membranes with Monophasic or Biphasic Rectangular Pulses

1991 • 102 citations

Myocardial injury from transthoracic defibrillator countershock.

1975 • 99 citations

Complications of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy: Follow‐Up of 241 Patients

1993 • 98 citations

Ultrastructural injury to chick myocardial cells in vitro following "electric countershock".

1980 • 97 citations

Prospective comparison of biphasic and monophasic shocks for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators using endocardial leads

1992 • 97 citations

Improved defibrillator waveform safety factor with biphasic waveforms

1983 • 96 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

Effect of direct-current countershocks on regional myocardial contractility and perfusion. Experimental studies.

1981 • 86 citations

An effective and adaptable transvenous defibrillation system using the coronary sinus in humans

1990 • 72 citations

Defibrillation efficacy. Comparison of defibrillation threshold versus dose-response curve determination.

1991 • 70 citations

Clinical Evaluation of the Safety of Repetitive Intraoperative Defibrillation Threshold Testing

1992 • 61 citations

Metabolic Changes and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Early Following Transthoracic Countershock in Dogs

1989 • 56 citations

Electrode system influence on biphasic waveform defibrillation efficacy in humans.

1991 • 53 citations

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

1989 • 49 citations

Electrocardiographic and serum enzymic alterations associated with cardiac alterations induced in dogs by single transthoracic damped sinusoidal defibrillator shocks of various strengths

1979 • 49 citations

Cardiac damage caused by direct application of defibrillator shocks to isolated Langendorffperfused rabbit heart

1980 • 46 citations

Internal Countershock Produces Myocardial Damage and Lactate Production Without Myocardial Ischemia in Anesthetized Dogs

1987 • 40 citations

Electrical Stimulation of Metabolism of Homogenates and Particulates

1952 • 26 citations

Endocardial pacing, cardioversion and defibrillation using a braided endocardial lead system

1993 • 24 citations

Improved safety factor for triphasic defibrillator waveforms.

1989 • 22 citations

Electrical pulses and the metabolism of cell-free cerebral preparations

1954 • 22 citations

Oxidative metabolism and myocardial blood flow changes after transthoracic DC countershocks in dogs

1992 • 22 citations

Comparison of biphasic and monophasic defibrillation waveforms in an isolated rabbit heart preparation

1991 • 18 citations

Biphasic versus sequential pulse defibrillation: A direct comparison in humans

1993 • 15 citations

The defibrillation threshold: How many measurements are enough?

1989 • 15 citations

Myocardial necrosis from direct current countershock: effect of paddle electrode size and time interval between discharges

1976 • 14 citations

Failure of countershock-type pulses in vitro to adversely alter mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation

1992 • 11 citations

The effects of shock energy, propranolol, and verapamil on cardiac damage caused by transthoracic countershock

1984 • 9 citations