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2. Heart Failure, Not Stroke, Is Most Common Complication of ...

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   Both Drury and Warrier said treatment for atrial fibrillation is a lifelong process and often requires a combo of approaches. “This includes first and foremost, managing stroke risk. This is ...

3. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, dementia, and stroke. [3] [12] It is a type of supraventricular tachycardia. [14] Atrial fibrillation frequently results from bursts of tachycardia that originate in muscle bundles extending from the atrium to the pulmonary veins. [15]

4. Quinidine - Wikipedia

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   However, the use of quinidine to treat arrhythmia really only came into its own because a physician listened to the astute observation of one of his patients. In 1912, Karel Frederik Wenckebach saw a man with atrial fibrillation. He was a Dutch merchant, used to good order in his affairs.

5. Supraventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation: Red dots show atrial fibrillation activity. Atrial fibrillation meets the definition of SVT when associated with a ventricular response greater than 100 beats per minute. It is characterized as an "irregularly, irregular rhythm" both in its atrial and ventricular depolarizations and is distinguished by its fibrillatory ...

6. Digitalis - Wikipedia

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   [27] [28] It is used to increase cardiac contractility (it is a positive inotrope) and as an antiarrhythmic agent to control the heart rate, particularly in the irregular (and often fast) atrial fibrillation. Digitalis is hence often prescribed for patients in atrial fibrillation, especially if they have been diagnosed with congestive heart ...

7. Homeopathy - Wikipedia

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   In other countries, such as Belgium, homeopathy is not covered. In Austria, the public health service requires scientific proof of effectiveness in order to reimburse medical treatments and homeopathy is listed as not reimbursable, [238] but exceptions can be made; [239] private health insurance policies sometimes include homeopathic treatments ...