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Figure 3 Protocol design of the ACUTE multicenter study. Enrolled patients are randomly assigned to either the TEE-guided group or the conventional group for an eight-week study period. (Reprinted with permission from Excerpta Medica, Inc., 1998.) ACUTE = Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography; DCC= direct current cardioversion; TEE = transesophageal echocardiography.
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