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FUSTER ET AL., ACC/AHA/ESC GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;38:1266i-1xx

ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation


Figure 13.
Arrhythmia-free survival after electrical cardioversion in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. The lower curve represents outcome after a single shock when no prophylactic drug therapy was given. The upper curve depicts the outcome with repeated electrical cardioversions in conjunction with antiarrhythmic drug prophylaxis. ECV indicates electrical cardioversion; SR, sinus rhythm. Reproduced with permission from van Gelder et al., Arch Intern Med 1996;156:2585–92, © 1996, American Medical Association (304).

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