title: Clinical efficacy of a truncated exponential decay defibrillator.
abstract: Trans-chest electrical ventricular defibrillation was attempted in eight adult patients using a 400 watt-second truncated exponential decay waveform defibrillator. All attempts occurred in the immediate post-operative period after heart surgery. Five of the eight subjects were defibrillated (63% success). This success rate is similar to that of 300 watt-second damped sinusoidal waveform defibrillators.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*