Atrial fibrillation resident survival guide
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Sinus rhythm | Atrial fibrillation |
Atrial Fibrillation Microchapters | |
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Cardioversion | |
Anticoagulation | |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Definition
Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is a cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Common Causes
- COPD
- Coronary heart disease
- Drugs
- Hypertension
- Hypertensive heart disease
- MI
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Sleep apnea
- Stress
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Valvular heart disease
Management
Newly discovered AF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paroxysmal | Persistent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No therapy needed unless severe symptoms (e.g., hypotension, HF, angina pectoris | Accept permanent AF | Rate control and anticoagulation as needed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D01 | D02 | D03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
E01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
F01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||