Delaying cardioversion is as safe and effective as acute cardioversion for recent-onset atrial fibrillation, a randomized trial shows. Many cases revert to sinus rhythm without cardioversion.

Two studies point to new options for both short-term cardioversion and long-term maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with AF. Jonathan Halperin, MD, comments on the future of oral anticoagulation.

Early stroke and systemic embolism rates in patients following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are low and comparable between those receiving warfarin or the novel oral anticoagulant ...

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 ...

Patients were assigned pharmacological cardioversion with IV procainamide followed by electrical cardioversion if necessary (n = 204; mean age, 60 years; 66% men) or placebo infusion with ...

The article, titled “Dual vs Single Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Obesity,” is based on a multi-center, patient-blinded, randomized clinical trial conducted at three ...