Cardioversion is a procedure used to restore a normal heart rhythm. It’s most often used to treat AFib, the most common type of heart arrhythmia. While some people have success with medications, most ...

ATRIAL fibrillation is one of the most prevalent of the chronic rhythm disorders of the heart. It is a derangement with serious implications. Even when the patient is asymptomatic the arrhythmia is by ...

Cardioversion is a medical procedure that is done so as to restore the normal heart rhythm in those people who have types of abnormal heartbeats, also referred to as arrhythmias. It is usually done ...

Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with elevated rates of stroke, heart failure, hospital admission, and death. Its prevalence in the overall ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the elderly and its incidence increases with aging. [1] Electrical cardioversion is used as a strategy for rhythm control in patients with ...

Cardiologists at University of Utah Health use this therapy for people with heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), including atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (AFib). Your heart’s electrical ...

We performed prospective analysis of 62 consecutive patients (62 [10] years, 16 female). All of them were anticoagulated for at least 3 weeks with an international normalized tatio of 2.69 (0.66). In ...

Background: Electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation is followed by a transiently impaired atrial mechanical function, termed atrial stunning. During atrial stunning, a retained ...

Electrical cardioversion is a procedure by which pads on the chest aim to return the heart to a normal rhythm following disturbances. This procedure is painful and can be distressing for the patient; ...

Early stroke and systemic embolism rates in patients following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are low and comparable between those receiving warfarin or the novel oral anticoagulant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A wait-and-see approach for patients who presented to the ED with atrial fibrillation was noninferior to early ...