INTRODUCTION Numerous studies described the effectiveness and safety of antazoline in pharmacological cardioversion of short‑duration atrial fibrillation (AF). However, there are no data on the ...

The drug-shock strategy was more effective for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation for the first time and for patients younger than 70 years, the researchers said. Both the anti-arrhythmia drug ...

TURKU, FINLAND — Even if electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) is carried out without anticoagulation within 48 hours of acute-AF onset, the first 12 hours of that period provide by far ...

Cardioversion is a procedure that returns an abnormal heart rhythm to normal. It's used when you have an arrhythmia, which means your heart is beating too fast or irregularly. Cardioversion can be ...

image: A study led by Dr. Ian Stiell published in The Lancet found that two ways of quickly restoring normal heart rhythm in patients with acute atrial fibrillation in the emergency department are ...

It's a funny name, isn't it? Cardioversion. A more honest way of describing the procedure would be to say that we are going to deliver a high-voltage shock to your chest. This will stop the heart's ...

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 ...