ST-segment elevation with elective DC cardioversion.
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 63 (1) , 220-224
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.63.1.220
Abstract
Elective direct-current cardioversion was performed in three patients with atrial fibrillation. Transient ST-segment elevation on monitored leads, lasting seconds, was recorded after cardioversion in all three patients. LDH, CPK isoenzymes, and myocardial scintigraphy did not reveal myocardial damage. Elective cardioversion should be performed with caution, for the potential for cardiac damage cannot be ignored.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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