Key result
Bidirectional transvenous/subcutaneous defibrillation achieves 100% success at energies over twenty joules in dogs with VF.
Why the study?
Does bidirectional transvenous/subcutaneous defibrillation successfully terminate ventricular fibrillation in a dog model?
Population
10 halothane-anaesthetized dogs with alternating current-induced ventricular fibrillation
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Does not change clinical practice; leaves open translation of low-energy bidirectional defibrillation from canine models to human use.
Does bidirectional transvenous/subcutaneous defibrillation successfully terminate ventricular fibrillation in a dog model?
Bidirectional transvenous/subcutaneous defibrillation can achieve successful defibrillation with acceptably low energies in a dog model, potentially avoiding the need for thoracotomy.
Budde et al. (1988) studied Ventricular fibrillation (n=10). Bidirectional transvenous/subcutaneous defibrillation system was evaluated on Defibrillation success rates. Bidirectional transvenous/subcutaneous defibrillation achieved 100% success rates with energies higher than 20 J in dogs with ventricular fibrillation.
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