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Title: | Safety of emergency-department electric cardioversion for recent-onset atrial fibrillation |
Other Titles: | Seguridad de la cardioversión de la fibrilación auricular de reciente comienzo en urgencias |
Author: | Carbajosa Dalmau, José Martín, Alfonso Paredes-Arquiola, Laura Jacob, Javier Coll-Vinent i Puig, Blanca Llorens, Pere |
Keywords: | Fibril·lació auricular Serveis d'urgències hospitalàries Malalties cardiovasculars Atrial fibrillation Hospital emergency services Cardiovascular diseases |
Issue Date: | 1-Oct-2019 |
Publisher: | Saned |
Abstract: | Objective. To analyze the safety of electric cardioversion performed for recent-onset atrial fibrillation in a hospital emergency department. Methods. Observational retrospective analysis of consecutive emergency department cases of atrial fibrillation of less than 48 hours' duration in hemodynamically stable patients. All included cases were either treated with emergency electric cardioversion or referred for evaluation and scheduling of outpatient cardioversion. The outcome variable was the occurrence of a thromboembolic or hemorrhagic event within 90 days. Results. A total of 718 cardioversions in 570 patients were analyzed. The mean (SD) age of the patients was 64 (13.5) years. Four hundred seventy-nine emergency cardioversions (66.7%) and 239 (33.3%) scheduled cardioversions were performed. Eleven adverse events (1.5% of the cohort) occurred: 2 were thromboembolic events (0.3%) and 9 were hemorrhagic (1.3%). All bleeds were minor. There were no statistically significant differences in the rate of adverse events between the emergency and scheduled cardioversion groups. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://emergencias.portalsemes.org/descargar/seguridad-de-la-cardioversin-de-la-fibrilacin-auricular-de-reciente-comienzo-en-urgencias/ |
It is part of: | Emergencias, 2019, vol. 31, num. 5, p. 335-340 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/185729 |
ISSN: | 1137-6821 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) |
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