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Ventricular Fibrillation Following Successful DC Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
CALDWELL JANE C.,
WOOLFSON PETER,
CLARKE BERNARD,
GARRATT CLIFFORD J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.03020.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardioversion , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , ventricular rate , management of atrial fibrillation , ventricular fibrillation , ablation , anesthesia , sinus rhythm
Cardioversion remains an important therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation. Here, we report a case where direct current cardioversion resulted in a sudden dramatic change of heart rate that was associated with multiple ventricular fibrillation arrests in a manner akin to that previously observed post‐atrioventricular node ablation. (PACE 2012;35:e361–e364)