DocumentCode
3398663
Title
Electric fields in the heart in internal defibrillation
Author
Shankar, B. ; Kothiyal, K.P. ; Fogelson, L. ; Thakor, Nitish V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Johns Hopkins Sch. of Med., Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
183
Abstract
The automatic implantable defibrillator delivers a shock directly to the heart. Optimal strategies for delivering these shocks were determined by studying a three-dimensional computer model of the electric fields produced by internal defibrillation electrodes. A finite-element technique was used to determine energy and current distribution in the heart for electrode configurations typically in use clinically. The model provides useful data on regional current and energy distributions.<>
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; cardiology; defibrillators; automatic implantable defibrillator; electric fields; finite-element technique; heart; three-dimensional computer model;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94468
Filename
94468
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