Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) should be instituted immediately, including emergent electrical cardioversion. This is frequently accomplished using an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Answer: Intravenous magnesium, electical cardioversion or overdrive pacing, withdrawal of potentially QT prolonging medications and correction of the other electrolyte imbalances. ACLS protocol ...

A 30-second length ECG segment preceding the procedure from lead V 1 was analyzed for each patient. Each chosen interval was normalized to its maximum R peak amplitude in order to get comparable ...

Background: Several clinical factors have been studied to predict atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after electrical cardioversion (ECV) with limited predictive value. Methods: A method able to ...