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When in the heart cycle is the shock delivered during cardioversion?

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Sync or non-sync: It depends whether it is synchronous or asynchronos. Synchronous is when the shock is delivered on the qrs portion of the heart cycle - it is when the heart depolarises. Asynchronous cardioversion can occur anywhere on the heart cycle.

Answered 11/26/2013

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Into the QRS: The shock is synchronized to the exact moment that the cardiac muscle is depolarized which corresponds to the qrs complex on the ekg.

Answered 12/9/2012

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