Introduction: Bi-atrial lead placement combined with atrial overdrive pacing has demonstrated a reduction in percent time mode switched and mode switches per day. This retrospective analysis compared long term outcomes of patients with right atrial overdrive pacing alone (DAO) to patients having atrial overdrive with bi-atrial leads (BIA) in slowing the progression of paroxysmal atrial fibrilla...

We present the results of a study in which biomolecular interaction analysis (BIA, BiacoreTM 2000) was combined with Mass Spectrometry using entire “on-a-chip” procedure. Most BIA-MS studies included an elution step of the analyte prior MS analysis. Here, we report a low-cost approach combining Biacore analysis with homemade chips and MS in situ identification onto the chips without elution ste...

Appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) is a diagnostic criterion for sarcopenia. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) offers a bedside approach to measure ASM but the performance of BIA prediction equations (PE) varies with ethnicities and body composition. We aim to validate the performance of five PEs in estimating ASM against estimation by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). We recrui...

BACKGROUND Accurate body composition assessment is critical to identify children who are overfat or obese. Unlike BMI measures, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) differentiates between lean and fat mass. However, bioelectrical impedance analysis has historically had questionable reliability and validity in children. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, validity, and diag...

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is an inexpensive, quick and non-invasive method to determine body composition. Equations used in BIA are typically derived in healthy individuals of European descent. BIA is specific to health status and ethnicity and may therefore provide inaccurate results in populations of different ethnic origin and health status. The aim of the present study was to t...

BackgroundThe transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable 2030 has yet again emphasized on the unfinished agenda of achieving efficient and equitable health systems universal coverage. With trifling public spending healthcare insignificant insurance coverage, India recorded 55 million people descending below poverty line in one year due payments. Not only are these health-relate...

AIM The purpose of this study was to compare whole-body (50 kHz alternating current) and segmental (5 kHz alternating current) bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in the assessment of manifested edema of the upper limbs. PATIENTS AND METHODS Whole-body and segmental BIA were performed in 30 patients with edema of the upper limb following breast cancer treatment. RESULTS Pearson correlati...