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A member asked:

Could you get electro cardioversion without anasthesia, to save money. bad heart.?

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Yes: The anesthesia makes the procedure tolerable. The shock can be quite painful. We give anesthesia that's very short acting so you don't remember it. I would not want to have it without it.

Dr Krauser and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 4/16/2014

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I had a panic attack because I was really high on weed the other night and I called 911 and they cardioverted me in the ambulance ever since I have had episodes of racing heart but not using weed anymore did the cardioversion cause damage?

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Sir i m patient of af . Medical cardioversion was done on 22/7/12. Now i m fine but some times i feel disturbance of heart beat which continue for hrs?

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Can an unneeded cardioversion cause SVT or other heart problems? I was having a weed indused panic attack and they shocked me with 100 joilts in the ambulance and it didn't work and they gave me 3 shots of Denison that did not work either?

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Im Caucasian but i am an illegal. I was raised in Mexico. Brought here when i was 15. Im now 30. I look white and dont look Mexican. How do i get my heart checked out with no ID. No money or insurance. I have cash i work under the table. Help ?

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My husband was told he had to have heart surgery within 2 months. He has leakage of the mitral and aorta. He is putting it off until he can save some money to pay the bills. He is talking around the end of may or june. The doctor said it was serious bu

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