A patient with dilated cardiomyopathy has an atrial fibrillation that has been unresponsive to drug therapy for several days. The nurse anticipates that further treatment of the patient will require
A) IV adenosine (Adenocard) .
B) electrical cardioversion.
C) insertion of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) .
D) anticoagulant therapy with warfarin (Coumadin) .
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