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Postgraduate Medicine Volume 118, 2005 - Issue 4
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Treating atrial fibrillation

What is the consensus now?

Indranill Basu Ray Dr Basu Ray is in charge of the Center for Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and is also an Instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School,Boston.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, DNB(Card) &
E. Kevin Heist Dr Heist is a staff cardiologist, cardiac arrhythmia service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
, MD, PhD
Pages 47-58 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia, especially in elderly persons. Current recommendations outline pharmacologic and interventional therapies designed to minimize the risk of stroke and other morbidities that can accompany this condition. In this article, Drs Basu Ray and Heist review treatment options for cardioversion and control of rate and rhythm and make suggestions for best management in patients with chronic or intermittent AF.

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