Atrial fibrillation may not be life-threatening in itself but it is important to understand the causes, symptoms and treatments because of the risk of life-threatening complications.
Intravenous potassium and magnesium was linked to a higher probability of spontaneous conversion to sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation patients in the ER, in this registry-based study.
A fourth of patients received inappropriate doses of direct oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in a prospective study, for reasons sometimes related to use or nonuse of certain other drugs.
Orthostatic hypertension blood pressure assessment provides prognostic information on top of traditional risk factors and ambulatory blood pressure, the study showed.
Heart block by ablation plus CRT emerged as far better than rate-control drug therapy for the trial s narrow-QRS patients with severely symptomatic, permanent AF and a past HF hospitalization.