The 204 people randomized to IV procainamide (plus electrical cardioversion if necessary, with up to three shocks) showed a 96% rate of conversion to sinus rhythm that was maintained for at least 30 ...

DES PLAINES, IL -- A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial confirms that both chemical-first and electrical-first approaches are effective strategies for acute atrial fibrillation; however, ...

Often referred to as a 'silent condition', atrial fibrillation can go unnoticed because its effect on the ventricles is often ...

LISBON, Portugal—Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with new, symptomatic A-fib do not necessarily need to undergo immediate cardioversion, as is now common practice, the RACE 7 ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 88-year-old female in relatively good health. A year and a half ago, I did experience atrial fibrilliation and had two cardioversions. (The first was good for a year; the ...

WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) recently underwent a cardioversion procedure for irregular heartbeats. DDP revealed on Instagram that he experienced AFib after pushing himself too hard ...

Neither clinical parameter studied in this work, that is, age, concomitant heart disease, sustained AF duration, and LAD, showed any definite relationship to NSR maintenance (see Table II). Although ...