Ambulatory electrical external cardioversion with propofol or etomidate.

Study Objective: To compare, in pairwise fashion, the effects of propofol and etomidate during ambulatory cardioversion and early recovery.

Design: Clinical, prospective, randomized, blinded, monocenter, pairwise, comparative study

Setting: OR and recovery area of the electrophysiological department, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium.

Patients: 34 patients with atrial arrhythmia who were scheduled for repetitive electrical cardioversion, of whom 25 patients completed the study.