CEREBRAL THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER DIRECT-CURRENT CARDIOVERSION FOR PURE ATRIAL-FLUTTER

Authors
LIAUDET L KEHTARI R ENRICO JF
Citation
L. Liaudet et al., CEREBRAL THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER DIRECT-CURRENT CARDIOVERSION FOR PURE ATRIAL-FLUTTER, Intensive care medicine, 23(2), 1997, pp. 196-197
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Intensive care medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03424642
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
196 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-4642(1997)23:2<196:CTADCF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The need for prophylactic anticoagulation before electrical cardiovers ion for atrial arrhythmias is clearly established in the case of atria l fibrillation. By contrast, such prophylaxis is not a current standar d of care before cardioversion for pure atrial flutter, since this arr ythmia seems not to increase the risk of postcardioversion embolism. W e present a patient who developed two cerebral embolisms 24 h after el ectrical cardioversion for pure atrial flutter, To our knowledge, this observation has not been previously reported.