Objectives: The effects of two clinically available biphasic waveforms on the success of defibrillation and postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction after prolonged ventricular fibrillation were compared with two newly designed dual-path sequential and simultaneous rectilinear biphasic waveforms. Defibrillation via sequential pulses and encircling, overlapping multiple pathway may depolarize a larger myocardial mass and facilitate transthoracic defibrillation.
Design: Animal study.
Setting: Experimental laboratory.
Subjects: Thirty-two 40 +/- 3 kg pigs.
Interventions: Ventricular fibrillation was ischemically induced in 32 pigs. After 7 mins of untreated ventricular fibrillation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation was initiated and continued for 5 mins. Animals were then randomized to receive up to three shocks with a) single-path rectilinear biphasic waveform; b) single-path biphasic truncated exponential waveform; c) dual-path rectilinear biphasic sequential defibrillation; or d) dual-path rectilinear biphasic simultaneous defibrillation.
Measurements And Main Results: Rectilinear biphasic, dual-path sequential defibrillation, and simultaneous defibrillation had significantly fewer shocks (1.1 +/- 0.4, 1.4 +/- 0.5, 1.3 +/- 0.7, respectively) before restoration of spontaneous circulation than biphasic truncated exponential waveform (2.6 +/- 1.4, p < .005) and less postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction (p < .05). Also, dual-path sequential defibrillation had higher postresuscitation ejection fraction than rectilinear biphasic and dual-path simultaneous defibrillation (p < .005).
Conclusions: The energy requirements for terminating ischemically induced ventricular fibrillation were significantly lower and minimized early postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction in the rectilinear biphasic, dual-path sequential defibrillation, and simultaneous defibrillation than the biphasic truncated exponential waveform. Dual-path sequential defibrillation had less postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction than rectilinear biphasic and dual-path simultaneous defibrillation, but at 72 hrs these differences were no longer significant.
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