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The architecture is  designed to operate in two modes: Cardiac sense mode (power-up, measure the impedance of the cardiac substrate and communicate data to the ex vivo power transmitter) and cardiac shock mode (delivery of a synchronised very low tilt rectilinear electrical shock waveform). An initial prototype was implemented and tested. In low-power (sense) mode, &gt;5 W was delivered across a 2.5 cm air-skin gap to facilitate measurement of the impedance of the cardiac substrate. In high-power (shock) mode, &gt;180 W (delivered as a 12 ms monophasic very-low-tilt-rectilinear (M-VLTR) or as a 12 ms biphasic very-low-tilt-rectilinear (B-VLTR) chronosymmetric (6ms\/6ms) amplitude asymmetric (negative phase at 50% magnitude) shock was reliably and repeatedly delivered across the same interface; with &gt;47% DC-to-DC (direct current to direct current) power transfer efficiency at a switching frequency of 185 kHz achieved. In an initial trial of the RF architecture developed, 30 patients with AF were randomised to therapy with an RF generated  M-VLTR or B-VLTR shock using a step-up voltage protocol (50\u2013300 V). Mean energy for successful cardioversion was 8.51 J \u00b1 3.16 J. Subsequent analysis revealed that all patients who cardioverted exhibited a significant decrease in ICI between the first and third shocks (5.00 \u2126 (SD(\u03c3) = 1.62 \u2126), p &lt; 0.01) while spectral analysis across frequency also  revealed a significant variation in the impedance-amplitude-spectrum-area (IAMSA) within the same patient group (|\u2206(IAMSAS1-IAMSAS3)[1 Hz \u2212 20 kHz] = 20.82 \u2126-Hz  (SD(\u03c3) = 10.77 \u2126-Hz), p &lt; 0.01); both trends being absent in all patients that failed to cardiovert. Efficient transcutaneous power transfer and sensing of ICI during cardioversion are evidenced as key to the advancement of low-energy atrial defibrillation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150922378","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,3]],"date-time":"2015-09-03T10:57:07Z","timestamp":1441277827000},"page":"22378-22400","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Towards Low Energy Atrial Defibrillation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Philip","family":"Walsh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research, Ulster University, BT37 0QB, UK"}]},{"given":"Vivek","family":"Kodoth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Heart Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, BT12 6BA, UK"}]},{"given":"David","family":"McEneaney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, BT63 5QQ, UK"}]},{"given":"Paola","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research, Ulster University, BT37 0QB, UK"}]},{"given":"Jose","family":"Velasquez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research, Ulster University, BT37 0QB, UK"}]},{"given":"Niall","family":"Waterman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research, Ulster University, BT37 0QB, UK"}]},{"given":"Omar","family":"Escalona","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research, Ulster University, BT37 0QB, UK"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Schamroth, L. 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