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A 33-year-old member asked:

Which treatments control atrial fibrillation?

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Dr. Louis Grenzer
Cardiology 57 years experience
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.
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Dr. Jason Rubenstein
Cardiology 22 years experience
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.
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A 16-year-old member asked:

What are drug treatments for atrial fibrillation?

2 doctor answers9 doctors weighed in
Dr. Martin Bress
Internal Medicine 52 years experience
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 the newer drugs such as 10a inhibitors are used. Drugs such as beta blockers or calcium channel blockers are used to control the heart rate. Other drugs such as amiodarone or sotalol are used to try to convert atrial fibrillation back to sinus rhythm.
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A 37-year-old member asked:

What are the treatments for atrial fibrillation?

3 doctor answers8 doctors weighed in
Dr. Luis Villaplana
Internal Medicine 37 years experience
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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A 32-year-old male asked:

What are some of the non-drug treatments for Atrial fibrillation?

1 doctor answer1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
The non drug treatments for Atrial fibrillation include:: Watchful waiting, Cardioversion, Cardiac ablation.
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A 49-year-old member asked:

Can you please lay out the latest treatments for atrial fibrillation?

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Dr. Stevan Cordas
Internal Medicine 59 years experience
At. Fib: Ablation is gaining increasing acceptance. Rate control with meds and rhythm control with cardioversion followed by dronederone is working out pretty well.
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