Drug therapy for atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequently diagnosed arrhythmia. Prevalence increases with age, and the overall incidence is expected to increase as the population continues to age. Choice of pharmacologic therapy for atrial fibrillation depends on whether or not the goal of treatment is maintaining sinus rhythm or tolerating atrial fibrillation with adequate control of ventricular rates. New antiarrhythmic drugs are being tested in clinical trials. Drugs that target remodeling and inflammation are being tested for their use as prevention of AF or as adjunctive therapy.
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Main Line Heart Center, 556 Medical Office, Building East, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA.
Simone
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Musco
Emily L
EL
Conway
Peter R
PR
Kowey
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents