title: Management of atrial fibrillation in rheumatic valvular heart disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Atrial fibrillation in patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease results in significant morbidity and possibly mortality.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The recent advances in treatment options for non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation have widened its scope of management. These treatment modalities have not been extensively validated in rheumatic valvular heart disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A review and comparison of the available data in atrial fibrillation and rheumatic valvular heart disease vis-à-vis non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation is presented.
authors.affiliation: Green-gagan, Lokhandwala Township, Kandivli (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. amvora@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vora
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents