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 ...

"Providing adequate anticoagulation therapy for patients with AF undergoing cardio-version is important. With warfarin, patients will often move in and out of the therapeutic range for optimal ...

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 ...