Abstract
Rate control medications are foundational in the management of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). There are no guidelines for adjusting these medications prior to elective direct-current cardioversion (DCCV). To derive and validate a preprocedural medication adjustment protocol that maintains peri-DCCV rate control and minimizes risk of postconversion bradycardia, pauses, need for pacing, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Consecutive patients with persistent AF awaiting elective DCCV across 2 hospitals were screened for inclusion into derivation, validation, and control cohorts. In the derivation cohort, each patient taking an atrioventricular (AV) nodal blocker had medications adjusted based on heart rate (HR) 2 days before DCCV, and the magnitude of dose adjustment was compared with peri-DCCV HR. The adjustment protocol that achieved the highest percentage of optimal peri-DCCV rate control was tested prospectively in the validation cohort and compared to a standard-of-care control group. The optimal protocol from the derivation cohort (n = 71), based on the 2-day pre-DCCV HR, was to (1) CONTINUE AV nodal blocker for HR ≥ 100 beats per minute (bpm), (2) reduce dose by ONE increment when 80-99 bpm, (3) reduce dose by T...Continue Reading
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