Smartphone-based monitoring of heart rhythm before cardioversion may help reduce same-day cancellations and detect ...

Daily heart rhythm monitoring at home using a smartphone significantly reduces the number of same-day cancellations for electrical cardioversion.

Heart rhythm monitoring in the weeks before cardioversion therapy for atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter reduced the ...

Smartphone-based heart rhythm monitoring from home can reduce same-day cancellations and help save significant health care ...

The drug-shock strategy was more effective for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation for the first time and for patients younger than 70 years, the researchers said. Both the anti-arrhythmia drug ...

Cardioversion can improve heart function, reduce the risk of embolism and relieve symptoms in patients with atrial fibrillation. Despite anticoagulation therapy, thromboembolic complications can still ...

Read more about the potential of smartphone-based heart rhythm technology in reducing unnecessary hospital visits.

"This is the first study to describe Emergency Physician's ability to [manage] both the procedural sedation and electrical cardioversion of class III and class IV obese patients," the authors wrote.

"Providing adequate anticoagulation therapy for patients with AF undergoing cardio-version is important. With warfarin, patients will often move in and out of the therapeutic range for optimal ...

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure, a ...