Background Atrial fibrillation guidelines recommend long-term use of warfarin according to a patient's predicted risk of stroke. After acute myocardial infarction, however, combining warfarin and antiplatelet medications poses challenges. Methods By using data from more than 69,255 patients with acute ...
Focuses on the acute treatment of atrial fibrillation (Afib) and flutter. Reasons for prompt therapy of Afib; Goals of therapy and treatment approaches; Guidelines for acute management; Effect of transesophageal echocardiography in anticoagulation; Pharmacotherapy for atrioventricular nodal conduction.Anderson...
Left atrial thrombus associated with ablation for atrial fibrillation: identification with intracardiac echocardiography This study reports the incidence of, risk factors for, and management of left atrial (LA) thrombus documented by intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) during... JF Ren,FE Marchlinski,DJ...
EBM Guidelines Aug 19, 2022• Latest change Mar 21, 2024 Pekka Raatikainen Table of contents Extract In the treatment of acute atrial fibrillation (AF), the choice between rhythm control and rate control as the treatment approach is made on an individual basis (seeTreatment approach for atrial...
J. Management of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation in the setting of acute coronary syndromes or percutaneous coronary interventions. Circ. Cardiovasc. Interv. 7, 113–124 (2014). Article PubMed Google Scholar Dewilde, W. J. et al. Use of clopidogrel ...
et al. found that higher LAR levels were linked to a greater risk of in-hospital mortality among atrial fibrillation patients admitted to the ICU21. Study by Ren et al. found that LAR exhibited a nonlinear association with in-hospital mortality among ICU patients with acute respiratory failure....
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These were an induction of atrial fibrillation in one patient and ischemic electrocardiographic changes in another. Conclusion: Three treatments in the first hour, and hourly thereafter showed no benefit over treatments initially, at one hour, and every other hour in acute, moderate, or severe ...
Gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: prespecified All Nippon Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly (ANAFIE) Registry subgroup analysis Article Open access 27 April 2024 Introduction Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) remains challenging with significant morbidity and ...
Conversion of atrial fibrillation into a sinus rhythm by coronary angioplasty in a patient with acute myocardial infarction. Atrial tachyarrhythmias are important complications occurring in more than 8% of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI). Atrial fibrillation (AFi) during the e... M Bunc,R Starc...