PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Gillis, Anne M.
TI  - Navigating Recently Updated Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Practice Guidelines
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 24--25
VI  - 13
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/24.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/24.full
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.