Cardioversion can improve heart function, reduce the risk of embolism and relieve symptoms in patients with atrial fibrillation. Despite anticoagulation therapy, thromboembolic complications can still ...

Smartphone-based heart rhythm monitoring from home can reduce same-day cancellations and help save significant health care ...

"This is the first study to describe Emergency Physician's ability to [manage] both the procedural sedation and electrical cardioversion of class III and class IV obese patients," the authors wrote.

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure, a ...

Smartphone-based heart rhythm monitoring from home can reduce same-day cancellations and help save significant healthcare ...

A heart shock may restore the heart’s rhythm and is a potential treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib). Doctors also refer to heart shock as electrical cardioversion. In AFib, a person has an ...

Hubner and colleagues in the UK have recently described a simplified cardioversion service that has significantly reduced waiting times at their center. They have introduced intravenous midazolam ...

I recently diagnosed atrial fibrillation in a 24-year-old man with new-onset chest pain, irregular palpitations, and heart rate >170 beats per minute. The patient has no history of drug or tobacco ...