Introduction: Successful synchronized direct current cardioversion (DCCV) requires adequate current delivery to the heart. However, adequate current for successful DCCV is not yet established.

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

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 ...

Endurance athletes may be at increased risk for lone atrial fibrillation. 1–5 We describe a middle-aged physician athlete with paroxysmal lone atrial fibrillation in whom cardioversion consistently ...

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 ...

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 . A prespecified analysis of the FibStroke study showed cardioversion plays a key role in strokes among patients ...

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 ...