During that year, I also had to get a cardiologist and deal with the Afib. I had two cardioversions within two weeks of each other. The first one didn’t work. I had to spend three days in the hospital taking a drug called Sotalol. I had to be watched closely taking this drug. At...
Common causes for torsades de pointes include drug-induced QT prolongation and less often diarrhea, low serum magnesium, and low serum potassium or congenital
There are also non-drug treatment options for atrial fibrillation. The most commonly used is electrical cardioversion. This is a procedure that attempts to convert the abnormal rhythm to a normal one with a controlled electrical current passed through the heart. ...