When Do Doctors Use Cardioversion for AFib? Cardioversion is a common treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib). AFib is a condition when the upper chambers of the heart, called atria, beat in an ...

A 30-second length ECG segment preceding the procedure from lead V 1 was analyzed for each patient. Each chosen interval was normalized to its maximum R peak amplitude in order to get comparable ...

The f waves power derived from surface ECG recordings can be considered as a predictor of long-standing AF early recurrence after ECV. Its diagnostic ability has demonstrated in the present study ...

In the drug-free state, all episodes of atrial fibrillation terminated spontaneously. After epinephrine infusion, 4 episodes persisted for 10 min and were terminated by electrical cardioversion.

We've known about holiday heart (or holiday heart syndrome) for almost 50 years. Back in the 1970s, it was described as an ...

Clinical predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence in the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto Miocardico-Atrial Fibrillation (GISSI-AF) trial. Am. Heart J. 159 , 857 ...

Irregular heartbeats can signal different types of arrhythmias, with atrial fibrillation (AFib) being the most common among ...

Feasibility study of an objective randomized blinded investigation of therapeutic ablation versus cardioversion for persistent Atrial Fibrillation (ORBITA-AF). Trial objective: Feasibility study of an ...

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Atrial fibrillation affects millions globally ... "Availability of direct-current cardioversion has slowed development of new pharmacological interventions for recent-onset AF.