For a patient requiring emergency cardioversion for acute unstable atrial fibrillation, is electrical cardioversion superior to chemical cardioversion?
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Report By: Simon Clarke - Consultant Emergency Medicine
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Search checked by Richard Parris - Locum Consultant
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Institution: St Thomas' Hospital London
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Date Submitted: 3rd September 2004
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Last Modified: 3rd September 2004
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Status:
Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
For a patient with [acute, unstable atrial fibrillation], is [electrical cardioversion superior to chemical cardioversion] in [converting the patient to sinus rhythm]?
