Which AF Patients Need Rhythm Control?
Control your heartbeat when you are resting but not during activity (digoxin), often used with another drug. Manage your heart's rate and rhythm (antiarrhythmics), though these are used rarely because of side effects. Medical procedures If medications don’t work, your doctor...
Control your heartbeat when you are resting but not during activity (digoxin), often used with another drug. Manage your heart's rate and rhythm (antiarrhythmics), though these are used rarely because of side effects. Medical procedures
Blood thinners and drugs that control heart rate and rhythm are the most preferred treatment options for AFib. However, there is no single best drug for atrial fibrillation, as the choice of drug depends on the patient's overall health, the presence of other medical conditions, and the specifi...
Normally, the heart’s electrical system coordinates the rate and rhythm of your heartbeats, which pump blood through the chambers. When someone has AFib, those circuits become faulty, says cardiologist Aseem Desai, M.D., author of Restart Your Heart: The Playbook for Thriving with AFib.“The...
• EKG readings with normal heart rate and with AFib• AFib management animations: demonstrates the effects of different management strategies for a heart in AFib, including:- Rate control- Rhythm control• AFib risk animations: - Stroke risk animation: shows an AFib-related stroke to ...
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...
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart rate that is not itself life-threatening but can lead to stroke. Reviewed by a board-certified cardiologist.
AFib medications may include blood thinners, drugs to control heart rate or convert the heart to a normal rhythm. AFib surgery is also a treatment possibility. Blood Clots (in the Leg) Blood clots can form in the heart, legs, arteries, veins, bladder, urinary tract, and uterus. Risk ...
Your AFib treatment should help control yourheart rate, rhythm, and preventblood clots. If you notice that your AFib episodes happen more often, last longer, or yourmedicationdoesn’t help as much, your condition is probably getting worse. ...