title: [Medicinal treatment of atrial fibrillation in special situations].
abstract: The treatment of atrial fibrillation has to take into account the underlying cardiac and extracardiac diseases. A successful treatment of the underlying disease will only be sufficient treatment of atrial fibrillation in very rare situations. Therefore, this review focuses on the consequences of underlying heart disease, the hemodynamics and concomitant clinical situations on the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Kardiologie & Angiologie, Department für Innere Medizin, Neurologie und Dermatologie, Universität Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland, pfeid@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Dietrich
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jurisch
authors.forename: Jens-Gerrit
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kluge
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagendorff
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000145:classification; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents
vernacular_title: Medikamentöse Therapie des Vorhofflimmerns in speziellen Situationen.