Cardioversion is a procedure used to restore a normal heart rhythm. It’s most often used to treat AFib, the most common type of heart arrhythmia. While some people have success with medications, most ...

ROME, ITALY — Using the factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban (Savaysa/Lixiana, Daiichi Sankyo) to anticoagulate patients about to undergo electrical cardioversion for their atrial fibrillation (AF) seems ...

A cardioversion procedure can reset your heart to its normal rhythm. There are two types: Electrical cardioversion. Your doctor gives your heart an electrical shock through paddles or patches on your ...

Aside from patient factors, a number of factors may influence the immediate success of cardioversion, that is, a complete failure to cardiovert. These include electrode placement, shock polarity, ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA—For patients with obesity who are undergoing electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (AF), delivering twice the energy with a simultaneous dual approach is a better option ...

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 ...

Left atrial (LA) thrombus is not infrequently found in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter who have been taking oral anticoagulation continuously for at least 3 weeks, a meta-analysis ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...