Clinician-controlled modifiers that increase cardioversion success
| Clinician-controlled modifiers of success | Proposed mechanism |
| Energy intensity (joules provided) | Increased cardiac energy delivery |
| Form of energy (biphasic vs monophasic) | Two vectors of current flow |
| Pad position (anterolateral vs anteroposterior) | Increasing atrial energy delivery |
| Chest pressure (placed on the anterior pad) | Decreased transthoracic impedance |