前庭动:控制,抗击和治愈的策略
Nicholas S Peters1, Richard J Schilling, Prapa Kanagaratnam
1St Mary's Hospital, London, UK. n.peters@ic.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|February 28, 2002
概括
心房动 (AF) 是一种常见的心律障碍,正在增加,并与严重的健康风险有关. 对AF机制的新见解正在为患者提供更有针对性的治疗疗法.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 电力生理学 电力生理学
- 医学科学 医学科学 医学科学
背景情况:
- 心房动 (AF) 是最常见的临床心律失常,发病率和患病率不断增加.
- AF与相当大的发病率和死亡率有关,这对公众健康构成了重大挑战.
- 节律失常呈现于发性,持久性或永久性形式,每种形式都有不同的临床影响.
研究的目的:
- 阐明心房动开始和维持的潜在机制.
- 在持续的AF期间探索心房的不断变化的电生理基质.
- 概述当前和新兴的治疗策略来管理心房动.
主要方法:
- 关于心房动病理生理学的当前文献的综述.
- 分析控制心律失常的发起和延续的电生理学原理.
- 综合治疗方法,包括预防血栓栓塞,节律控制和节律控制.
主要成果:
- 发热性AF通常由肺静脉中的焦点启动.
- 持续的AF依赖于一个心房基板,支持多个回入波.
- 心房组织的电生理学重塑有助于AF的持续性.
结论:
- 了解AF机制,特别是肺静脉和心房基质的作用,至关重要.
- 治疗策略的目标是血栓栓塞的风险,鼻节律的恢复和心室节律的控制.
- 了解AF病理生理学的进步为更有效,更有针对性的治愈治疗铺平了道路.
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