Optimizing Defibrillation Through Improved Waveforms

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1990 • 277 citations

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

1987 • 214 citations

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1993 • 212 citations

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1989 • 211 citations

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1989 • 178 citations

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1993 • 164 citations

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1990 • 156 citations

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1991 • 140 citations

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1992 • 135 citations

A Minimal Model of the Single Capacitor Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform

1994 • 131 citations

Internal cardiac defibrillation in man: pronounced improvement with sequential pulse delivery to two different lead orientations.

1986 • 116 citations

A Minimal Model of the Monophasic Defibrillation Pulse

1993 • 105 citations

Improved internal defibrillation efficacy with a biphasic waveform

1989 • 102 citations

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1991 • 102 citations

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

1989 • 100 citations

Comparison of biphasic and monophasic shocks for defibrillation using a nonthoracotomy system

1993 • 99 citations

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator:

1993 • 96 citations

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1994 • 95 citations

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

1983 • 89 citations

Optimization of biphasic waveforms for human nonthoracotomy defibrillation.

1993 • 88 citations

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1988 • 87 citations

Effect of shock polarity on ventricular defibrillation threshold using a transvenous lead system

1994 • 76 citations

The Fundamental Law of Electrostimulation and its Application to Defibrillation

1990 • 76 citations

Evaluation of electrode polarity on defibrillation efficacy

1989 • 75 citations

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1993 • 73 citations

Transthoracic Ventricular Defibrillation in the 100 kg Calf with Untruncated and Truncated Exponential Stimuli

1980 • 73 citations

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

1990 • 72 citations

Improved internal defibrillation with twin pulse sequential energy delivery to different lead orientations in pigs

1985 • 68 citations

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1988 • 68 citations

A Prospective Randomized Cross‐Over Comparison of Mono‐ and Biphasic Defibrillation Using Nonthoracotomy Lead Configurations in Humans

1994 • 65 citations

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1992 • 59 citations

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1975 • 59 citations

Effect of capacitor size and pathway resistance on defibrillation threshold for implantable defibrillators.

1994 • 58 citations

Infections in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients

1990 • 53 citations

Electrode system influence on biphasic waveform defibrillation efficacy in humans.

1991 • 53 citations

Comparison of monophasic with single and dual capacitor biphasic waveforms for nonthoracotomy canine internal defibrillation

1989 • 52 citations

Prospective comparison of sequential pulse and single pulse defibrillation with use of two different clinically available systems

1989 • 50 citations

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

1989 • 49 citations

The Probability of Defibrillation Success and the Incidence of Postshock Arrhythmia as a Function of Shock Strength

1994 • 44 citations

The automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Effect of patch polarity on defibrillation threshold

1991 • 43 citations

Effect of Biphasic Waveform Pulse on Endocardial Defibrillation Efficacy in Humans

1994 • 42 citations

Clinical Experience with a New Cardioverter Defibrillator Capable of Biphasic Waveform Pulse and Enhanced Data Storage: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study

1994 • 35 citations

Internal Ventricular Defibrillation with Sequential Pulse Countershock in Pigs: Comparison with Single Pulses and Effects of Pulse Separation

1987 • 32 citations

Internal Cardiac Defibrillation: Single and Sequential Pulses and a Variety of Lead Orientations

1988 • 32 citations

Combination biphasic waveform plus sequential pulse defibrillation improves defibrillation efficacy of a nonthoracotomy lead system

1994 • 29 citations

Implantation of a Cardioverter/Defibrillator in the Subpectoral Region Combined with a Nonthoracotomy Lead System

1992 • 27 citations

Simultaneous Biphasic Shocks Enhance Efficacy of Endocardial Cardioversion Defibrillation in Man

1991 • 26 citations

Efficacy and safety of monophasic and biphasic waveform shocks using a braided endocardial defibrillation lead system

1990 • 25 citations

The Effect of Phase Separation on Biphasic Waveform Defibrillation

1993 • 25 citations

Determination of safety factor for defibrillator waveforms in cultured heart cells

1982 • 25 citations

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

1993 • 24 citations

Total Pectoral Implantation: A New Technique for Implantation of Transvenous Defibrillator Lead Systems and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

1993 • 23 citations

Clinical efficacy of shock waveforms and lead configurations for defibrillation

1994 • 23 citations

Optimization of epicardial electrode size and implant site for reduced sequential pulse defibrillation thresholds.

1986 • 22 citations

Improved safety factor for triphasic defibrillator waveforms.

1989 • 22 citations

Unusual locations for left-sided accessory AV pathways.

1994 • 19 citations

Sequential Shocks are Comparable to Single Shocks Employing Two Current Pathways for Internal Defibrillation in Dogs

1988 • 15 citations

Subcellular biochemistry, vol. 13: Fluorescence studies on biological membranes

1989 • 14 citations

Trans venous‐Subcutaneous Defibrillation Leads:

1994 • 12 citations

Large Capacitor Defibrillation Waveform Reduces Peak Voltages Without Increasing Energies

1995 • 9 citations

Sequential pulse internal defibrillation: Is there an advantage to “switched” current pathways?

1989 • 8 citations

Comparison of Simultaneous Versus Sequential Defibrillation Pulsing Techniques Using a Nonthoracotomy System

1994 • 8 citations

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1994 • 7 citations

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1993 • 5 citations

714-5 ICD Device Size can be Reduced by Smaller Capacitors

1995 • 2 citations

Performance of Implantable Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices

1993 • 2 citations