A heart shock may restore the heart’s rhythm and is a potential treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib). Doctors also refer to heart shock as electrical cardioversion. In AFib, a person has an ...
Medtronic has warned that one of the models in its Vanta range of implantable neurostimulators for pain relief may stop working if the patient is given cardioversion therapy to restore a normal heart ...
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 ...
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 ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) in older adults extends well beyond stroke prevention. Advancing age is the strongest demographic driver of AF prevalence and ...