aprocessin whichelectricityis used to make someone'sheartbeatregularlyagain after it has beenbeatingtoofastand notregularly. It is done underanaesthetic(= when thepersonhas been givendrugsto make themsleepandfeelnopain).
Three developed transient atrial fibrillation that required emergencycardioversionin one (case 8) and intravenous amiodarone in two (cases 9 and 10).
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Although it broke momentarily with adenosine andcardioversion, the tachycardia quickly resumed.
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Cardioversionafter amiodarone loading failed, and several months later she died from severe hepatic congestion and acute cholecystitis.
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He improved followingcardioversion, which was repeated in 1989 and 1990, but he slowly deteriorated.
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Cardioversionwas performed and digoxin was administered with a good result and continued as an anti-arrhythmic drug.
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Once the diagnosis is established, the choice of appropriate pharmacological treatment,cardioversionor overdrive pacing will depend on the degree of hemodynamic embarrassment secondary to the arrhythmia.
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No attempt was made atcardioversion.
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Drugs that are effective at maintaining normal rhythm after electriccardioversion, can also be used for pharmacologicalcardioversion.
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In electivecardioversion, the recipient is usually sedated or lightly anesthetized for the procedure.
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When synchronized electricalcardioversionis performed as an elective procedure, the shocks can be performed in conjunction with drug therapy until sinus rhythm is attained.
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Pharmacologicalcardioversionis an especially good option in patients with fibrillation of recent onset.
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There are various classes of agents that are most effective for pharmacologicalcardioversion.
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The main risk ofcardioversionis systemic embolization of a thrombus (blood clot) from the previously fibrillating left atrium.
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Heart injury with increased troponins also occurs in cardiac contusion, defibrillation and internal or externalcardioversion.
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In this case,cardioversioncan be used to stop the episode.
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