Orthostatic increase in defibrillation threshold leading to defibrillation failure and prolonged cardiac arrest in a sitting position: Lessons from a patient’s near-fatal experience

• Xiaoke Liu, MD, PhD,
• Samuel Asirvatham, MD, FHRS,
• G. Glenn Kabell, MD, PhD, FHRS

Affiliations

Xiaoke Liu, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Borgess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan,

Samuel Asirvatham, MD, FHRS

Division of Electrophysiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

G. Glenn Kabell, MD, PhD, FHRS

Division of Cardiology, Borgess Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan,