Risk Factors of Complications in Patients With Persistent or Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter Who Underwent Electrical Cardioversion: A Multicenter Cardioversion Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying the risks related to the complications of electrical cardioversion (ECV) can alert the determinaton of rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 1,058 patients who underwent ECV for persistent or long-standing persistent AF/atrial flutter (AFL) from multiple centers. Patients were classified into the no-complication (1,023 patients) and complication (35 patients) groups based on the following major complications: stroke and/or systemic embolism (SSE), myocardial infarction, major bleeding, implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, and death at 1 year follow-up after ECV.

Results

Compared with the no-complication group, the complication group e

SUBMITTER: Kim KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12775907 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature