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High perimeter impedance defibrillation electrodes reduce skin burns in transthoracic cardioversion
L A Garcia1, L A Pagan-Carlo, M S Stone
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City 52242, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|November 17, 1998
Abstract:
During cardioversion, skin burns result from current preferentially flowing at the electrode edge. We tested new electrodes with high perimeter impedance to yield more uniform current distribution; these electrodes reduced histopathologic skin injury.