Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in obese patients: Results from the Cardioversion-BMI randomized controlled trial.
Aleksandr VoskoboinikJeremy MoskovitchGeorge PlunkettJason BloomGeoffrey WongChrishan NalliahK Sandeep PrabhuHariharan SugumarRamanathan ParamasweranAlex McLellanLiang-Han LingCheng-Yee GohSamer NoamanHimawan FernandoMichael WongAndrew J TaylorJonathan M KalmanPeter M KistlerPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
Routine use of adhesive patches at 200 J is inadequate in obesity. Strategies that improve success include the use of paddles, MPA, and escalation to 360 J.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- obese patients
- bariatric surgery
- randomized controlled trial
- weight loss
- weight gain
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- insulin resistance
- direct oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- study protocol
- metabolic syndrome
- body mass index
- type diabetes
- high fat diet induced
- clinical practice
- heart failure
- open label
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- systematic review
- adipose tissue
- venous thromboembolism
- mitral valve
- double blind