Management of patients with atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and treatment.
This article focuses on the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (AF). It looks briefly at normal electrical conduction in the heart and how this differs during AF. The article also describes methods for diagnosis and the range of treatments available to patients.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. ellen.berry@nuh.nhs.uk
Ellen
E
Berry
Helen
H
Padgett
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013222:State Medicine