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  2. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [11][12] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating, which become longer or continuous over time. [4] It may also start as other forms of arrhythmia such as atrial flutter ...

  3. Management of atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) is focused on preventing temporary circulatory instability, stroke and other ischemic events. Control of heart rate and rhythm are principally used to achieve the former, while anticoagulation may be employed to decrease the risk of stroke. [ 1] Within the context of stroke, the discipline may be ...

  4. CHA2DS2–VASc score - Wikipedia

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    1. Thus, the CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score is a refinement of CHADS 2[8][10] score and extends the latter by including additional common stroke risk factors, that is, age 65–74, female gender and vascular disease. [11] In the CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score, 'age 75 and above' also has extra weight, with 2 points. The maximum CHADS 2 score is 6, whilst the ...

  5. Mayo Clinic offering new treatment for atrial fibrillation - AOL

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    Atrial fibrillation is being diagnosed at an alarming rate, but a therapy long used in Europe is now available in the U.S. The Mayo Clinic is among the first to offer this treatment, which aims to ...

  6. Antiarrhythmic agent - Wikipedia

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    Antiarrhythmic agents, also known as cardiac dysrhythmia medications, are a class of drugs that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia. Many attempts have been made to classify antiarrhythmic agents.

  7. Fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of atria. It can be a chronic condition, usually treated with anticoagulation and sometimes with conversion to normal sinus rhythm. In this condition the normal electrical pulses coming from the sinoatrial node are overwhelmed by disorganized electrical ...

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