Ventricular proarrhythmic effects of ventricular cycle length and shock strength in a sheep model of transvenous atrial defibrillation.

1994 
BACKGROUNDSynchronized cardioversion is generally accepted as safe for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation when shocks are synchronized to the R wave and delivered transthoracically. However, others have shown that during attempted transvenous cardioversion of rapid ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation (VF) may be induced. It was our objective to evaluate conditions (short and irregular cycle lengths [CL]) under which VF might be induced during synchronized electrical conversion of atrial fibrillation with transvenous electrodes.METHODS AND RESULTSIn 16 sheep (weight, 62 +/- 7.8 kg), atrial defibrillation thresholds (ADFT) were determined for a 3-ms/3-ms biphasic shock delivered between two catheters each having 6-cm coil electrodes, one in the great cardiac vein under the left atrial appendage and one in the right atrial appendage along the anterolateral atrioventricular groove. A hexapolar mapping catheter was positioned in the right ventricular apex for shock s...
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