[Diagnostic approaches and complications of atrial fibrillation].
Atrial fibrillation is the most frequently occurring cardiac arrhythmia. Its mode of clinical presentation is varied. Frequently asymptomatic, it is nonetheless often responsible for tiredness, dyspnea or palpitations. More rarely, it presents with one of its two major complications: cardiac failure or a systemic thromboembolic event, often cerebral.
Goudjil
Mohand
M
Service de cardiologie Hôpital Lariboisière 75475 Paris.
Leenhardt
Antoine
A
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D005221:Fatigue; D006801:Humans