Cardioversion

Cardioversion: The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a normal one.
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Cardioversion is a treatment for atrial fibrillation that uses electricity or a medication, such as ibutilide or amiodarone, to restore normal rhythm to the heart. Cardioversion usually is done with an electrical current (electrical cardioversion).
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Alternate Names
: Cardiac Defibrillation, Cardioversion
Definition
This is the state that exists after an individual has received cardiac defibrillation.
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Cardioversion. If you have an atrial tachycardia, including atrial fibrillation, your doctor may use drugs or an electrical shock to reset your heart to its regular rhythm.
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Syncrus internal cardioversion system System designed to deliver low-energy shock to the atria. Indication: treatment of postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery. Mfg: Guidant Corporation.
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Cardioversion - In this procedure, a small, electrical shock is delivered to the heart through the chest to stop certain, very fast, arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, or sinus tachycardia.
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You may need medicine, electrical cardioversion, or a temporary pacemaker.
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Once the patient is fully anticoagulated, electrical cardioversion is sometimes considered. This is done to “shock" the atria back into a normal rhythm.
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Another treatment option is electrical cardioversion, a procedure that delivers an electrical shock to the heart to restore normal heart rhythm.
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In emergency situations, cardioversion or defibrillation (the application of an electrical shock to the chest wall) is used. Cardioversion restores the heart to its normal rhythm. It is followed by drug therapy to prevent recurrence of the arrhythmia.
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This can be done with electrocardioversion using electrical current to shock the heart, or with medication.
To control the heart rate. This is usually done with medication, for example, digoxin.
To prevent clots forming and causing strokes.
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Electrical "shock" (defibrillation or cardioversion), the implantation of a temporary pacemaker to interrupt the arrhythmia, or antiarrhythmic drugs may be used.
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