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Cardioversion is the process of restoring the heart to a normal sinus rhythm. The pathological rhythm is most commonly atrial fibrillation but it can also be supraventricular tachycardia, reentry tachycardia, or ventricular tachycardia. When the rhythm is ventricular fibrillation, then the term used is defibrillation.
