RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nichols, Emma Hitt
T1 Navigating Recently Updated Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Practice Guidelines
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 12
SP 24
OP 25
DO 10.1177/155989771312013
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/24.abstract
AB Multiple organizations have published clinical practice guidelines that recommend strategies for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the clinic. This article presents various clinical practice recommendations for rate control in AF. Also discussed are the recommendations for antiarrhythmic therapy in AF, recommendations for antithrombotic therapy in AF, tools and techniques used in cryoballoon ablation of pulmonary veins, duty cycled radiofrequency ablation tools and techniques, as well as information about laser ablation.