Effect of body mass index on defibrillation thresholds for internal cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation
Date
2004
Authors
Kistler, P.
Sanders, P.
Morton, J.
Vohra, J.
Kalman, J.
Sparks, P.
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American Journal of Cardiology, 2004; 94(3):370-372
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Peter M. Kistler, Prashanthan Sanders, Joseph B. Morton, Jitendra K. Vohra, Jonathan M. Kalman and Paul B. Sparks
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Abstract
This study reports that patients with large body mass indexes (BMIs) and long-duration atrial fibrillation (AF) have greater defibrillation thresholds than patients with normal BMIs and AF of short duration. BMI is an independent predictor of defibrillation thresholds in patients with longer duration AF in whom external cardioversion has failed.