[Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants and cardioversion].
Direct oral anticoagulants are now frequently used in patients experiencing atrial fibrillation. Some of these patients may need a cardioversion. How to manage the procedure in these patients? Can we perform the procedure in patients taking the direct oral anticoagulant? Should we switch the treatment to a vitamin K antagonist? When do we need to perform a transesophageal echocardiography? All these questions justify this review article.
Unité de rythmologie, GHI Le Raincy-Montfermeil, 10, rue du Général-Leclerc, 93370 Montfermeil, France. Electronic address: walamara@yahoo.fr.
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014812:Vitamin K
AOD; Anticoagulants; Cardioversion; NOAC