...Peter M. Andel; Anne Hege Aamodt; Jostein Gleditsch; Erik Melin; Mona Elisabeth Rootwelt-Revheim; Kjetil Steine; Dan Atar Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk for stroke, dementia, and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL). Elective direct current cardioversion (ECV...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2024 Bernard Lown Cardiology Cardioversion Defibrillation Bernard Lown (June 7, 1921 – February 16, 2021) was born in Utena, Lithuania to a Jewish family. His...

... electrical cardioversion (ECV) and the relative contribution of heart rate to evaluate the immediate (1–2 h) and short-term (4–6 weeks) changes in right cardiac chamber dimensions and RV function after ECV in patients with persistent AF. Methods: Right cardiac chamber dimensions and RV function were measured...

...Jayaprakash Shenthar; Bharatraj Banavalikar; Sanjai Pattu Valappil; Saurabh Deshpande; Aparna Nireshwalia; Deepak Padmanabhan; Sathish S. Reddy Introduction: Ibutilide is indicated for acute cardioversion of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). However, its efficacy and safety...

... teleconsultation with the physician will take place, determining the need for delayed cardioversion. After maximal 7 days of remote monitoring, a second assessment teleconsultation may occur, in which the rhythm can be reassessed and further treatment strategy can be discussed with the patients. This on-demand...

...Mohsen Khatami; Marita Knudsen Pope; Sophie Le Page; Petra Radic; Valentina Schirripa; Irene Grundvold; Dan Atar There is a considerable periprocedural risk of thromboembolic events in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing cardioversion, and treatment with anticoagulants is therefore a hallmark...

...Anja Wiedswang Horjen; Sara Reinvik Ulimoen; Ingebjørg Seljeflot; Pål Smith; Harald Arnesen; Jon Norseth; Arnljot Tveit Objectives: We hypothesised that high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-TnI) might predict long-term rhythm outcome after cardioversion for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF...

...C. Soeby-Land; U. Dixen; S.K. Therkelsen; A. Kjaer Objective: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) may be activated during atrial fibrillation (AF); our aim was to evaluate the level of aldosterone in patients with either permanent AF, persistent AF scheduled for cardioversion...

...Ozlem Ozcan Celebi; Savas Celebi; Alper Canbay; Gökhan Ergun; Sinan Aydogdu; Erdem Diker Objective: Recent studies have shown that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) measured before cardioversion (CV) plays a significant role in predicting atrial fibrillation (AF) relapse. The time course...

..., the treatment of acute tachyarrhythmias and elective cardioversion for chronic atrial fibrillation and flutter. About 90% of cases of atrial fibrillation are successfully converted to sinus rhythm, whereas 95–97% of cases of ventricular tachycardia can be terminated by DC shock. DC shock is most effective...

...Rachel Dankner; Amir Shahar; Ilya Novikov; Uri Agmon; Arnona Ziv; Hanoch Hod Objective: To compare the success rates and short-term complications of three treatment approaches, pharmacological and direct-current cardioversion (DCC), or ‘wait-and-watch’ among stable atrial fibrillation (AF) patients...

...Kai Mortensen; Tim Risius; Tjark F. Schwemer; Muhammet Ali Aydin; Ralf Köster; Hanno U. Klemm; Boris Lutomsky; Thomas Meinertz; Rodolfo Ventura; Stephan Willems Background: External cardioversion is effective to terminate persistent atrial flutter. Biphasic shocks have been shown to be superior...

...Dariusz A. Kosior; Grzegorz Opolski; Beata Wozakowska-Kaplon; Daniel Rabczenko Antiarrhythmic drug prophylaxis is known to improve long-term success of electrical cardioversion (CV) in persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). This prospective study evaluates the efficacy of sequential antiarrhythmic...

...Craig S. Vinch; Jason Rashkin; Giridhar Logsetty; Dennis A. Tighe; Jeffrey C. Hill; Theo E. Meyer; Lawrence S. Rosenthal; Gerard P. Aurigemma Background: Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels have been reported to fall following cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF). The mechanism for the fall...

...Michael Arad; Avraham Shotan; Avraham Weinberger; Ilan Aurbach; Babeth Rabinowitz The predictive value of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on the cardioversion outcome was evaluated in 46 hospitalized patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF). Cardioversion was successful in 42 (91...