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Feasibility and efficacy of electrical cardioversion after cardiac resynchronization implantation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology , 08/16/2012
Turco P et al. – In patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF), the rhythm control strategy consisting of internal cardioversion, performed by means of the implanted cardioverter–defibrillator after 3 months of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), was associated with a high rate of sinus rhythm resumption on long–term follow–up and with a better echocardiographic response to CRT than that seen in patients treated according to a rate control strategy.
