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2. Cardioversion - Wikipedia

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   007110. [edit on Wikidata] Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs. Synchronized electrical cardioversion uses a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle ...

3. Defibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Defibrillation. Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). [1][2] A defibrillator delivers a dose of electric current (often called a counter-shock) to the heart. Although not fully understood, this process depolarizes ...

4. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [11][12] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating, which become longer or continuous over time. [4] It may also start as other forms of arrhythmia such as atrial flutter ...

5. What You Need to Know About Abnormal Heart Rhythm - AOL

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   Cardioversion: A procedure that uses external electric shocks to return the heart to a normal rhythm. Catheter ablation: A procedure that stops abnormal electric signals from moving into your heart.

6. What's the Difference Between Atrial Flutter and Atrial ...

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   Procedures like electrical cardioversion (restores normal heart rhythm) and ablation (destroys damaged heart tissue) can also reduce symptoms of both conditions. In some cases, a repeat ablation ...

7. Management of atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Electrical cardioversion involves the restoration of normal heart rhythm through the application of a DC electrical shock. Chemical cardioversion is performed with drugs, such as amiodarone, dronedarone, [59] procainamide, ibutilide, propafenone or flecainide. The main risk of cardioversion is systemic embolization of a thrombus (blood clot ...

8. Torsades de pointes - Wikipedia

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   The most effective treatment to terminate torsades is an electrical cardioversion - a procedure in which an electrical current is applied across the heart to temporarily stop and then resynchronise the heart's cells. [23]

9. Catheter ablation - Wikipedia

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   D017115. [edit on Wikidata] Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses radio-frequency energy or other sources to terminate or modify a faulty electrical pathway from sections of the heart of those who are prone to developing cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.