Hidesato Fujito, Koichi Nagashima, Yuki Saito, Saki Mizobuchi, Katsunori Fukumoto, Yuji Wakamatsu, Riku Arai, Ryuta Watanabe, Nobuhiro Murata, Kazuto Toyama, Daisuke Kitano, Daisuke Fukamachi, Shunichi Yoda, Yasuo Okumura
The optimal timing for electrical cardioversion (ECV) in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) with atrial arrhythmias (AAs) is unknown. Here, we retrospectively evaluated the impact of ECV timing on SR maintenance, hospitalization duration, and cardiac function in patients with ADHF and AAs. Between October 2017 and December 2022, ECV was attempted in 73 patients (62 with atrial fibrillation and 11 with atrial flutter). Patients were classified into two groups based on the median number of days from hospitalization to ECV, as follows: early ECV (within 8 days, n = 38) and delayed ECV (9 days or more, n = 35)...
April 24, 2024: Heart and Vessels