A 33-year-old member asked:
which treatments control atrial fibrillation?
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Dr. Louis Grenzer answered
54 years experience Cardiology
Several: There are medications to keep the heart in a normal rhythm after a shock to restore the normal rhythm. It is also possible just to leave the patient in fibrillation and give medication to prevent the heart from beating too rapidly. Either way, anticoagulant drugs such as warfarin or dabigatran might be needed to prevent clots depending on how many risk fractors are present. If not many, aspirin.
Answered on Oct 29, 2011
Dr. Jason Rubenstein answered
19 years experience Cardiology
It Varies: The most important treatment is stroke prevention, which is usually done by medications (aspirin or warfarin). Sometimes rate control medications are used, like metoprolol. If the af is severe enough, stronger anti-arrhythmic medications are used, like propafenone. If these do not work, catheter ablation may be recommended. Pacemaker and av-node ablation may be used as a last resort.
Answered on Apr 24, 2016
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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered
40 years experience Internal Medicine
The : The treatment of atrial fibrillation has two important components: 1) treating the rhythm, and 2) preventing stroke. There are two strategies for trea ... Read More
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Dr. Luis Villaplana answered
34 years experience Internal Medicine
Several: New- blood thinning and cardio version, heart rate controlling drugs. Age and other chronic medical conditions will likely guide your therapy also.
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Dr. Martin Bress answered
49 years experience Internal Medicine
See below: All patients with atrial fibrillation should be placed on anticoagulants to decrease the risk of blood clots from the atrium. Drugs like warfarin or t ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajat Jhanjee answered
19 years experience Cardiology
Yes: There are multiple ways to treat atrial fibrillation:
1. Control the heart rate with medications that control the heart rate.
2. Try to convert patien ... Read More
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