The management of atrial fibrillation: current perspectives.

American Family Physician;  October 1, 1994 ;   Havranek, Edward P.;   787 words ...Atrial fibrillation affects more...failure, left ventricular hypertrophy...development of atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation...periodicity. Atrial fibrillation may be chronic...paroxysmal atrial fibrillation). The pulse in cases of ...

Predictors of recurrent atrial fibrillation. (adapted from the American...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1996 ;     411 words ......intermittent atrial fibrillation were then...revealed atrial fibrillation, the patient...be in the atrial fibrillation and sinus...recurrent atrial fibrillation. A useful...recurrent atrial fibrillation was an enlarged...recurrence of atrial ...

Altitude and atrial fibrillation.(Letter to the Editor)

Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2005 ;   Smith, V. Taylor;   781 words ......confirmed to be atrial fibrillation. After the...recurrent atrial fibrillation, the patient...confirmed to be atrial fibrillation. After a 3-m...recurrent atrial fibrillation resolved...altitude. Lone atrial fibrillation describes atrial ...

New drugs could redefine atrial fibrillation Tx.(Cardiovascular Medicine)

Internal Medicine News;  March 15, 2006 ;   Zoler, Mitchel L.;   608 words ......preventing atrial fibrillation that were being...could change atrial fibrillation treatment over...symposium on atrial fibrillation sponsored by...suppressing atrial fibrillation, the results...with severe left ventricular hypertrophy...existing drugs for ...

Treating Atrial Fibrillation Is a Tricky Thing; New Heart Association...

The Washington Post;  March 26, 1996 ;   Sally Squires;   787 words ......increasingly common heart problem called atrial fibrillation. This wildly erratic heartbeat afflicts...a relatively harmless condition, atrial fibrillation is now closely linked to an increased...strokes occur annually because of atrial fibrillation. A Boston University study of 25...

Atrial Fibrillation.(Brief Article)

American Family Physician;  July 15, 2002 ;     595 words ...What is atrial fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heartbeat that may be very fast...the two bottom chambers. (Say: ven-trick-ells.) In atrial fibrillation, the atria stop making a normal, regular electrical...

Prevalence of atrial fibrillation among elderly persons. (adapted from the...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1995 ;     477 words ...Atrial fibrillation is a common finding, particularly...thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, which underlines the importance of identifying patients who have atrial fibrillation. Because many cases of atrial fibrillation...

Drugs for conversion of atrial fibrillation.

American Family Physician;  August 1, 1998 ;   Dell'Orfano, Joseph T. Luck, Jerry C. Wolbrette, Deborah L. Patel, Hemantkumar Naccarelli, Gerald V.;   787 words ...Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained...the Framingham Heart Study,[1] atrial fibrillation has a prevalence of 4 percent...patients over 69 years of age.[2] Atrial fibrillation is associated with significant...

Direct current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation--the next 40 years

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 2002 ;   Manning, Warren J; Zimetbaum, Peter J;   787 words ......cardioversion" of atrial fibrillation to sinus...cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. In this...with chronic atrial fibrillation who were...with chronic atrial fibrillation. In the study...evidence of left atrial or left ventricular thrombi ...

Risk of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation. (Tips from Other Journals)

American Family Physician;  April 1, 1992 ;     399 words ...Nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation is associated with...in patients with atrial fibrillation is about six times...Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Investigators conducted...with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation to determine risk...that patients with atrial ...

Rep. Ruppersberger Introduces Resolution Concerning National Atrial...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 17, 2008 ;     479 words ......September 2009 as 'National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month' and...educate the public about atrial fibrillation." The resolution, introduced...September 2009 as `National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month' and...

Atrial fibrillation tough to manage at times due to many other concurring...

DVM;  April 1, 2003 ;   Hoskins, Johnny D;   787 words ......review of the clinical management of atrial fibrillation in older dogs and cats. A Atrial fibrillation is a commonly diagnosed supraventricular arrhythmia in older dogs and cats. Atrial fibrillation is usually associated with underlying...

Atrial fibrillation: current therapeutic approaches.

American Family Physician;  June 1, 1992 ;   Deantonio, Harry J. Movahed, Assad;   787 words ...Chronic atrial fibrillation is present...have lone atrial fibrillation, a condition...diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is made by...Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation Physical...Jalife.(4) Atrial fibrillation is most commonly...pericarditis, left ...

Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

American Family Physician;  June 1, 2000 ;   WALLING, ANNE D.;   787 words ...Atrial fibrillation is the most...sustained atrial fibrillation. The incidence...treatment of atrial fibrillation, including...of cases, atrial fibrillation is associated...complicated by left ventricular hypertrophy...disease, atrial ...

Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation.

American Family Physician;  December 1, 1997 ;   Wolf, Philip A. Singer, Daniel E.;   787 words ...Atrial fibrillation, the most common persistent...Coumadin) anticoagulation. Atrial fibrillation, one of the most common cardiac...precursor of stroke. Previously, atrial fibrillation was thought to predispose to...