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Atrial fibrillation

Prevalence
Causes
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Therapy

DC cardioversion

There is no clear benefit from 

  • using propafenone before DC cardioversion d
  • different pad d or electrode positions d

Why?

  • Cardioversion using anterioposterior pads compared with anterioanterior pads is not clearly more successful d
  • Electrode position has no clear effect on the success of internal cardioversion. d

Expiry date: February 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   R G   Hart
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton