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Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardioversion

  • Giuseppe Coppola,
  • Girolamo Manno,
  • Antonino Mignano,
  • Mirko Luparelli,
  • Antonino Zarcone,
  • Giuseppina Novo and
  • Egle Corrado
Medicina2019, 55(10), 660;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55100660

30 September 2019

Atrial fibrillation the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Its incidence rises steadily with each decade, becoming a real “epidemic phenomenon”. Cardioversion is defined as a rhythm control strategy which, if successful, restores normal sinus rhythm. Th...

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Pharmacological Cardioversion Versus Electrical Cardioversion in the Acute Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department: The Recufa-Hula Register

  • Juan Jose López-Díaz,
  • Alejandro Manuel López-Pena,
  • Juliana Elices-Teja,
  • Charigan Abou Johk-Casas,
  • Andrea López-López,
  • Tania Seoane-García,
  • Ramón Ríos-Vázquez and
  • Carlos González-Juanatey
J. Clin. Med.2025, 14(19), 6845;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14196845

27 September 2025

Background: Strategies to restore sinus rhythm in hemodynamically stable patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) admitted to the emergency department (ED) are the focus of debate. The present study was carried out to compare pharmacological cardiovers...

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Electric Cardioversion vs. Pharmacological with or without Electric Cardioversion for Stable New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Paritosh Prasai,
  • Dhan Bahadur Shrestha,
  • Eltaib Saad,
  • Angkawipa Trongtorsak,
  • Aarya Adhikari,
  • Suman Gaire,
  • Prakash Raj Oli,
  • Jurgen Shtembari,
  • Pabitra Adhikari and
  • Ghanshyam Shantha
  • + 3 authors
J. Clin. Med.2023, 12(3), 1165;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031165

1 February 2023

Background: There is no clear consensus on the preference for pharmacological cardioversion (PC) in comparison to electric cardioversion (EC) for hemodynamically stable new-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) patients presenting to the emergency departm...

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Impact of Various Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Strategies on Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Early Complications—3 Years of a Single-Center Experience

  • Tomasz Kłosiewicz,
  • Hanna Cholerzyńska,
  • Wiktoria Antonina Zasada,
  • Amira Shadi,
  • Jakub Olszewski,
  • Patryk Konieczka,
  • Roland Podlewski and
  • Mateusz Puślecki
J. Clin. Med.2024, 13(1), 190;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13010190

29 December 2023

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia presenting in emergency departments (EDs), vastly increasing mainly due to society’s lifestyles leading to numerous comorbidities. Its management depends on many factors and is still not unified....

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Predictive Value of N-Terminal Pro B-Type Natriuretic Peptide for Short-Term Outcome of Cardioversion in Patients with First-Diagnosed or Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Presenting to the Emergency Department

  • Antonios Diakantonis,
  • Christos Verras,
  • Sofia Bezati,
  • Vasiliki Bistola,
  • Ioannis Ventoulis,
  • Maria Velliou,
  • Antonios Boultadakis,
  • Ignatios Ikonomidis,
  • John T. Parissis and
  • Effie Polyzogopoulou
Biomedicines2024, 12(12), 2895;https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12122895

19 December 2024

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia in the emergency department (ED). We investigated the role of N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting both the outcome of AF cardioversion and the risk of AF recu...

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Outcome Analysis in Elective Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation Patients: Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Prognostic Model

  • Jean C. Nuñez-Garcia,
  • Antonio Sánchez-Puente,
  • Jesús Sampedro-Gómez,
  • Victor Vicente-Palacios,
  • Manuel Jiménez-Navarro,
  • Armando Oterino-Manzanas,
  • Javier Jiménez-Candil,
  • P. Ignacio Dorado-Diaz and
  • Pedro L. Sánchez
J. Clin. Med.2022, 11(9), 2636;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11092636

7 May 2022

Background: The integrated approach to electrical cardioversion (EC) in atrial fibrillation (AF) is complex; candidates can resolve spontaneously while waiting for EC, and post-cardioversion recurrence is high. Thus, it is especially interesting to a...

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Clinical Characteristics of Atrial Flutter and Its Response to Pharmacological Cardioversion with Amiodarone in Comparison to Atrial Fibrillation

  • Maciej T. Wybraniec,
  • Kamil Górny,
  • Kamil Jabłoński,
  • Julia Jung,
  • Kiryl Rabtsevich,
  • Przemysław Szyszka,
  • Fabian Wesołek,
  • Karolina Bula,
  • Małgorzata Cichoń and
  • Katarzyna Mizia-Stec
  • + 1 author
J. Clin. Med.2023, 12(13), 4262;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134262

25 June 2023

Background: Unlike atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFl) is thought to be relatively refractory to pharmacological cardioversion (PC), but the evidence is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and efficac...

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What Mistakes Can Be Made When Performing the Electrical Cardioversion Procedure?—Analysis of Emergency Medical Team Performance during the Championships in Emergency Medicine

  • Michał Ćwiertnia,
  • Mieczysław Dutka,
  • Piotr Białoń,
  • Michał Szlagor,
  • Arkadiusz Stasicki,
  • Monika Mikulska,
  • Maciej B. Hajduga,
  • Rafał Bobiński,
  • Marek Kawecki and
  • Tomasz Ilczak
Healthcare2024, 12(17), 1724;https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171724

29 August 2024

Background: Medical personnel carrying out electrical cardioversion (EC) procedures must remember to have the R-wave sync mode switched on, use the correct energy and maintain personal safety. The defibrillators used by medical response teams most of...

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Effects of Acupuncture on Cardiac Remodeling in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Patient- and Assessor-Blinded Pilot Trial and Its Implications for Future Research

  • Jung Myung Lee,
  • Seung Min Kathy Lee,
  • Jungtae Leem,
  • Jin-Bae Kim,
  • Jimin Park,
  • Jun Hyeong Park,
  • Suji Lee,
  • Hyung Oh Kim,
  • Hyemoon Chung and
  • Weon Kim
  • + 3 authors
Medicina2022, 58(1), 41;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010041

27 December 2021

Background and Objectives: In this study, we attempted to determine the effects of acupuncture on cardiac remodeling and atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence rates in patients with AF after electrical cardioversion (EC). Materials and Methods: We rand...

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