Clinical Evaluation of a Policy of Early Repeated Internal Cardioversion for Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation

Early Repeated Cardioversion for AF Recurrence. Introduction: The clinical value of cardioversion (CV) of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is limited by the high rate of early AF recurrence, which may be related to the persistence of atrial electrical remodeling. We examined the hypothesis that the likelihood of maintaining sinus rhythm after CV of persistent AF is significantly enhanced by a policy of early repeated CV.

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