The Living Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation

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Atrial fibrillation
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 I48.
ICD-9 427.31
DiseasesDB 1065
MedlinePlus 000184
eMedicine med/184  emerg/46

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Recommendations for pharmacological rate control during atrial fibrillation [1]

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Long-term anticoagulation with a vitamin K antagonist is not recommended for primary prevention of stroke in patients below the age of 60 y without heart disease. [1]

Recommendations for pharmacological cardioversion of atrial fibrillation [1]

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Recommendation for direct-current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter [1]

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Recommendation for pharmacological enhancement of direct-current cardioversion [1]

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Recommendation for prevention of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardioversion [1]

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Recommendations for maintenance of sinus rhythm [1]

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Recommendations for patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation [1]

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Recommendations for patients with acute myocardial infarction [1]

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Fuster V, Ryden LE, Cannom DS, Crijns HJ, Curtis AB, Ellenbogen KA, Halperin JL, Le Heuzey JY, Kay GN, Lowe JE, Olsson SB, Prystowsky EN, Tamargo JL, Wann S. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation- Executive Summary: executive summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidlines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation. 2006; 114: 700-752. PMID 16908781

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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .