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 ...

A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial confirms that both chemical-first and electrical-first approaches are effective strategies for acute atrial fibrillation; however, an ...

Patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation commonly undergo immediate restoration of sinus rhythm by pharmacologic or electrical cardioversion. However, whether immediate restoration of sinus ...

Nicholas P. Gall, M.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P.; Francis D. Murgatroyd, M.A., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.C. From these and subsequent studies, it became clear that cardioversion was ...

Direct current cardioversion for symptomatic atrial fibrillation or flutter is feasible and safe in patients implanted with the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion device, even in the ...

Heart rhythm monitoring in the weeks before cardioversion therapy for atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter reduced the ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sinus rhythm was restored in an effective, safe and rapid manner using drug-shock or shock-only strategies among ...

All the selected patients for the study were under antiarrhythmic drug treatment (amiodarone 200 mg/day) before the procedure and during the whole follow-up after ECV. Moreover, all of them were also ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a kind of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. A problem with the electrical signals that control your heart’s pumping action causes it to beat too fast in a pattern that ...