Interpreting Key Trials

The ACUTE Trial

Transesophageal echocardiography to guide electrical cardioversion in atrial fibrillation

Craig R. Asher, MD and Allan L. Klein, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2002, 69 (9) 713-718;

ABSTRACT

The Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography (ACUTE) trial compared cardioversion following transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) against conventional management of atrial fibrillation (ie, cardioversion following 3 weeks of anticoagulation) in patients scheduled to undergo electrical cardioversion.

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