Atropine-facilitated electrical cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation |
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| Authors: | Kaluski Edo Blatt Alex Leitman Marina Krakover Ricardo Vered Zvi Cotter Gad |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zrifin, DN Beer Yacov 70300, Israel. ekaluski@asaf.health.gov.il |
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| Abstract: | Conventional electrical cardioversion failed to restore normal sinus rhythm (NSR) in 49 of 364 patients (13.5%) with persistent atrial fibrillation. After receiving up to 2 mg of atropine, 40 (81%) of these 49 "electrical-refractory" patients were successfully cardioverted to NSR by subsequent attempts of electrical cardioversion. |
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