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There are key differences between defibrillation and cardioversion. Defibrillation is an emergency procedure used for ventricular fibrillation (VF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT), delivering an unsynchronized high energy shock. Cardioversion is an elective procedure used for arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation and flutter, delivering a lower energy synchronized shock. Defibrillation causes more damage to the myocardium due to the high energy unsynchronized shock, while cardioversion causes less damage wi

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Stephy Sojan
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