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Paroxysmal(par-ok-SIZ-mul) atrial fibrillation is the first type and describes a state where AFib comes and goes. People have AFib for a short period of time and then it goes away. It may last for a few minutes, sometimes a couple hours or up to a few days. Paroxysmal AFib never la...
Catheter ablation.In this procedure, a thin, flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel and moved to your heart. Once there, your doctor will use the catheter to deliver hot or cold energy to make scars in the part of your heart where your atrial flutter occurs. Thes...
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more definitive therapy may include specific medications, electrical cardioversion, or catheter-based ablation (sometimes with a pacemaker inserted). Atrial fibrillation is a common condition, with many implications, and the best plan for each patient should be discussed at length with one's physician...
Catheter ablation, a procedure that often uses heat or cold energy to make scars in the heart, which block the irregular electrical signals that cause some arrhythmias Maze procedure, in which a surgeon makes tiny cuts in the upper part of the heart to create scar tissue to block irregular ...
These mechanistic pathways are critical for the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation, all of which are etiological risk factors for end-stage cardiovascular disease. The figure is a schematic representation to illustrate important concepts, but does not fully ...
Age is a major risk factor for development of atrial fibrillation (AF) and associated with increased recurrence rates in the setting of rhythm control. Current data tend to support catheter ablation in elderly patients, but uncertainties exist regarding efficacy and safety of ablation in elderly pati...
Atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for stroke. About 15 percent of all people who have strokes have AFib. Because of the irregular and chaotic flow of blood through the heart, small blood clots can form in the heart chambers when you have atrial fibrillation. These clots can travel through...
Other medications can be given to help manage the symptoms of hyperthyroidism, such as increased heart rate. If hyperthyroidism is not controlled with medications, radioactive ablation can be performed. Ablation involves giving doses of iodine labeled with radioactivity that selectively destroys the thyr...