Systemic bioimpedance analysis in patients with implanted cardiac stimulation devices

摘要

Thesystemicbioimpedancevectoranalysis(BIVA)isamethodwidely utilized to assess body composition and systemic vol-umeoverloadinbothpatientswithheartfailureandadvancedrenal failure. Recent studies have shown the superiority ofBIVA in the estimation of fluid overload over strict clinicalcriteria during haemodialysis sessions. 1 The use of BIVA inthis context helps to improve fluid control, blood pressure,quality life scores, and also predicts clinical outcome such ashospitalizations due to cardiovascular causes.