“…1 In this sense the study's outcome is similar to that of the study reported by Page and colleagues, 2 who showed that for cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF), ''a biphasic shock waveform has greater efficacy, requires fewer shocks and lower delivered energy, and results in less dermal injury than a monophasic shock waveform''. Although a multicentre international study the number of patients recruited was less than that in Scholten's study population.…”