Is cardioversion a suitable treatment for everyone with atrial fibrillation

So, each person will be assessed for what is the best treatment for them for their atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a very common abnormal heart rhythm. If you don't have symptoms from atrial fibrillation and your heart function remains good, we know the prognosis is good and for many people you could be left in atrial fibrillation long term. So this is an option with medication, with blood thinners, you could be left in atrial fibrillation long term. However, often we try to get people out of atrial fibrillation and back to normal rhythm and for them cardioversion is a very appropriate treatment because it's simple, done as a day case, effective, you come in your heart's shot back to normal you go home and we keep you on medication and see how you feel when you're in normal rhythm. We know for some people that atrial fibrillation can affect their efficiency of their heart function. So it's very important for them to get back into normal rhythm and that's where cardioversion is very appropriate.