Atrial Fibrillation: Current Therapies

• Autores: Romain Pariaut
• Localización: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice: Small Animal Practice, ISSN-e 0195-5616, Vol. 47, Nº. 5, 2017, págs. 977-988
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Atrial fibrillation can be managed with a rate control or a rhythm control strategy.

    A rate control approach is preferred when atrial fibrillation is long-standing and underlying structural cardiac disease is present.

    A rate control approach is based on a combination of drugs, including calcium channel blockers, b-blockers, and digoxin.

    The success of a rhythm control strategy is higher when the onset of atrial fibrillation is recent, the arrhythmia triggers can be eliminated, and atrial size is normal.

    Transthoracic synchronized electrical cardioversion is the preferred method to terminate atrial fibrillation.