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Evaluation and management of atrial fibrillation
1Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. fpelosi@umich.edu
The Medical Clinics of North America
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia with significant sequela. The goals of treating atrial fibrillation are rate control, prevention of thromboembolism, and maintenance of sinus rhythm. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation is reviewed, as well as strategies and recommendations for achieving therapeutic goals. The authors also review investigational therapeutic options using nonpharmacologic modalities.