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Does synchronizing shocks to periods of high atrial fibrillation organization reduce the atrial defibrillation threshold compared to QRS complex-synchronized shocks in a canine model of induced AF?
Does synchronizing shocks to periods of high atrial fibrillation organization reduce the atrial defibrillation threshold compared to QRS complex-synchronized shocks in a canine model of induced AF?
Synchronizing atrial defibrillation shocks to periods of high atrial fibrillation organization significantly reduces the defibrillation threshold in a canine model.
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Hypothesis-generating for optimized atrial defibrillation timing; leaves open translation to human AF.
Everett et al. (2001) studied this question.
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