Why we cardiovert AF on prehospital

4 Nov

Cardioversione o controllo della frequenza ventricolare? Il dibattito è assolutamente aperto! Cardiovertire sul territorio (o in DEA) la fibrillazione emodinamicamente stabile e di recente insorgenza?

Rythm or rate control? And why on the prehospital?

References
Should we cardiovert acute Atrial Fibrillation in the ED?
December 2011 Annals of Emergency Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine 1997
2012 World Journal of Cardiology review on Atrial Fibrillation Risk Stratification 

2012 Emerg Med J study on electricity vs propafenone for RAFF cardioversion

 

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