Thursday, September 2, 2010

Invasive Management of Atrial Fibrillation and the Elderly


Citation : Sandeep M. Patel, Samuel J. Asirvatham.Invasive Management of Atrial Fibrillation and the Elderly .JAFIB.2010 May;Volume 2 Issue(1): 715-726
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered by caregivers for the elderly. A plethora of new, mostly invasive techniques have evolved to treat patients who remain symptomatic from this arrhythmia despite attempts at pharmacological therapy. The most widely-used of these new techniques is radiofrequency ablation, but in select patients, special types of pacemaker, cryoablation, and surgical maze therapy may be of benefit.

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