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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. Management of atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Cardioversion is indicated with new onset AF (for less than 48 hours) and with circulatory instability. If rate and rhythm control cannot be maintained by medication or cardioversion, it may be necessary to perform electrophysiological studies with ablation of abnormal electrical pathways. [2]

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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Frequency. 0.2% [1] Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPWS) is a disorder due to a specific type of problem with the electrical system of the heart involving an accessory pathway able to conduct electrical current between the atria and the ventricles, thus bypassing the atrioventricular node. [2][3] About 60% of people with the electrical ...