PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Waldo, Albert L.
TI  - Drug Therapy for AF: Current Options and Future Promise
DP  - 2009  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 32--34
VI  - 9
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/5/32.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/5/32.full
AB  - In atrial fibrillation (AF), rhythm control involves a strategy that is designed to restore and maintain sinus rhythm by preventing recurrences, initially by cardioversion (pharmacological or electrical). Rate control focuses on strategies to slow the ventricular response in patients with AF. With either strategy, anticoagulation is also recommended in patients who are at moderate to high risk of stroke.