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To the Editor: In his review article on atrial fibrillation (April 5 issue),¹ Falk suggests that patients admitted to the hospital with atrial fibrillation of less than 48 hours' duration should be treated differently from those with atrial fibrillation of more than 48 hours' duration. He suggests that all patients in whom spontaneous conversion to sinus rhythm does not occur should receive anticoagulation therapy with heparin; however, only those with atrial fibrillation of more than 48 hours' duration should undergo transesophageal-guided cardioversion to exclude the presence of atrial thrombi before cardioversion. Falk's suggestion perpetuates the myth that cardioversion of atrial . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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