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 ...

Background Cardioversion is common among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We hypothesised that novel oral anticoagulants (NOAC) used in clinical practice resulted in similar rates of stroke ...

Cardioversion restores a normal heartbeat in patients with arrhythmias, heartbeats that are too fast or irregular. Doctors use one of two methods for restoring normal heartbeat: medication or electric ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Objective To determine whether cardiac troponin T increases after electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Design Serum creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase-MB ...

Medtronic alerted healthcare professionals in Europe to the risk of cardioversion-related damage to the Vanta implantable neurostimulator (INS), model 977006, During cardioversion, healthcare workers ...