Electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation

References

Citations

  1. Fuster V, et al. (2006). ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation—Executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing committee to revise the 2001 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation). Circulation, 114(7): 700–752.


Author: Robin Parks, MS Last Updated: December 18, 2008
Medical Review: Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
John M. Miller, MD - Electrophysiology

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