Atrial fibrillation is a problem with your heart's electrical activity. You and your doctor have treatment options if your symptoms become too severe. With AFib, your heart quivers, beats irregularly, or skips beats. It can't pump blood through its chambers and out to your body as well as...
Treatment for AFib is variable and depends upon the patient's condition; three goals are usually attempted; first is medication -- cardiac rate control (slowing down the ventricular rate if it is fast), second is to restore and maintain normal cardiac rhythm, and finally, to prevent clot form...
Cardioversion.If you have electrical cardioversion, they'll stick special pads to your chest to send an electric shock to your heart. You won't feel it because you'll be asleep under general anesthesia. If you have drug cardioversion, you'll receive medicine through your vein or by mouth to...
If you have electrical cardioversion, they'll stick special pads to your chest to send an electric shock to your heart. You won't feel it because you'll be asleep under general anesthesia. If you have drug cardioversion, you'll receive medicine through your vein or by mou...
Treatment: Cardioversion In some cases, atrial fibrillation can be corrected with an electric shock to the heart called a cardioversion. In severe emergency cases, this may be the only choice to control AFib. Medications may also be tried to do the cardioversion of your heart rhythm. If your ...
Cardioversion is a controlled low-dose electric shock your doctor delivers to your heart to restore its natural rhythm. Your electrophysiologist may suggest this as an additional treatment to combine with your medications. Cardioversion is usually not a permanent fix. Cardiac Catheter Ablation Cardiac ...
Cardiac ablationis usually not the first choice of treatment for AFib. Doctors often use it if medications or other procedures haven’t worked. Cardiac ablation usually improvessymptoms of AFibsuch asfatigueand shortness of breath. There are three types: ...
Treatment: Cardioversion In some cases, atrial fibrillation can be corrected with an electric shock to the heart called a cardioversion. In severe emergency cases, this may be the only choice to control AFib. Medications may also be tried to do the cardioversion of your heart rhythm. If your ...
Implantable devices (cardioverter –defibrillator or ICD) that detect VFib and automatically shock the heart; and treatment for underlying problems like coronary artery disease (for example, angioplasty, stent placement, and/or coronary artery bypass surgery). These treatments may reduce the chance of...
An important first step in the treatment of AF is to uncover and correct health conditions (such as hyperthyroidism or the use of stimulant drugs) that can cause the disease. These steps include: Stopping the use of stimulant drugs and excessive alcohol intake Controlling high blood pressure Corr...