Restoring a normal heart rhythm can hugely improve a patient's quality of life. SoGlos discovers more about a new treatment ...

Cardioversion is a procedure that returns an abnormal heart rhythm to normal. It's used when you have an arrhythmia, which means your heart is beating too fast or irregularly. Cardioversion can be ...

A JAMA trial of 200 coffee drinkers found daily caffeinated coffee was associated with lower Afib or atrial flutter ...

When atrial flutter is seen with such a slow ventricular response (in this case, 9:1 conduction), there is concern for underlying complete heart block should the patient be restored to normal sinus ...

Aside from patient factors, a number of factors may influence the immediate success of cardioversion, that is, a complete failure to cardiovert. These include electrode placement, shock polarity, ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...