Low-energy direct defibrillation of the human heart.
A direct cardiac defibrillation study in 30 patients who underwent heart operations with cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate systemic hypothermia is presented. No patient required more than 10 watt-seconds of energy for defibrillation, and, in 21 of them, 5 watt-seconds or less were sufficient.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008875:Middle Aged