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Avoiding medical error during electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: Prevention of unsynchronized shock delivery

✍ Scribed by Amara H. Estrada; Romain Pariaut; N. Sydney Moïse

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 865 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1760-2734
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2009.10.001

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✦ Synopsis

Electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation is now commonly performed in veterinary medicine. Successful timing of the delivery of energy is important in order to avoid ventricular fibrillation. This brief communication describes how to ensure that proper energy delivery is performed.