This is far less than the 300-360 J typically used to bring about normal sinus rhythm.
After the procedure, the patient is monitored to ensure stability of the sinus rhythm.
Various antiarrhythmic agents can be used to return the heart to normal sinus rhythm.
This often results in the restoration of normal sinus rhythm of the heart.
In a normal sinus rhythm, this pattern repeats itself exactly the same way with each heartbeat.
Relief spread over the room as a normal sinus rhythm returned.
Also, external defibrillation can be used to restore sinus rhythm.
The heart proved to be extremely resistant to drugs, but finally a sinus rhythm was achieved.
The use of digoxin in heart problems during sinus rhythm was once standard, but is now controversial.
It took two drug combinations and a 360-joule shock to bring the heart back to a sinus rhythm.