title: Atrial fibrillation with high ventricular rate in emergency room: What's the best strategy for treatment?
abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and can lead to significant decline in functional status and quality of life among affected patients. The risk of developing AF increases with age and the presence of structural heart disease. Thus, the attendance of patients with high ventricular response to AF is common, which makes knowledge of its management mandatory. In this context, the choice of heart rate and/or rhythm control therapy is fundamental and complex, with multiple possibilities. Thus, this review aims to assist in the management of these patients, systematizing their care.
authors.affiliation: Unidade Clínica de Emergência, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandre DE Matos
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Soeiro
authors.affiliation: Unidade Clínica de Emergência, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana DE Carvalho Andreucci Torres
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.affiliation: Unidade Clínica de Emergência, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Carolina Feres DE Almeida
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Soeiro
authors.affiliation: Unidade Clínica de Emergência, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Vicente
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.affiliation: Unidade Clínica de Emergência, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Múcio Tavares
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000628:therapy*