Cardioversion for atrial fibrillation - questions about effectiveness, etc.

[Claire Oh Nette]

6. Cardioversion

Cardio-version is not complicated or painful. The staff will administer a sedative, place pads front and back, and then jolt you into a normal sinus rhythm.

My mother had two of these when she had runs of A-fib.

When I went to the ER with a heart rate of 255 two Septembers ago, when four doses of adenosine did not resent my v-fib, down for cardio-inversion. Took three jolts.

Once you are reset, A-fib can be controlled with medication.

If you have an arrhythmia, you will become hyper-attuned to your body and cognizant of when your heart races, and when it resets itself.

out of rhyth, will lead to shortness of breath, fatigue, lethargy, or with "life threatening v-fib" profuse sweating.