The Living Guidelines: Pharmacological enhancement of direct-current cardioversion: Polling Results for CLASS IIa Guidelines

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Class IIa Guidelines
1. Pretreatment with amiodarone, flecainide, ibutilide, propafenone, or sotalol can be useful to enhance the success of direct-current cardioversion and prevent recurrent atrial fibrillation. (Level of Evidence: B)

 ACC / AHA 2008 guidelines for diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation: Class IIa Recommendation 1 for pharmacological enhancement of direct-current cardioversion should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III 2. In patients who relapse to AF after successful cardioversion, it can be useful to repeat the procedure following prophylactic administration of antiarrhythmic medication. (Level of Evidence: C)

 ACC / AHA 2008 guidelines for diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation: Class IIa Recommendation 2 for pharmacological enhancement of direct-current cardioversion should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III