Management
Arrhythmia Management
The most effective strategy to prevent or reverse LV dysfunction associated with AF or AFL is the restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm. Antiarrhythmic drugs remain first-line therapy despite their limited efficacy and potentially deleterious effects in these patients.
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Strokes are frequently devastating events with potentially fatal complications and significant disability, resulting in a major impact on the affected individual’s quality of life. It is well...
The evaluation of ischaemic heart disease requires the measurement of regional and global ventricular function, identification of the presence and extent of myocardial ischaemia, visualisation of...
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Acute Heart Failure Syndromes - US Cardiology 2006
PathophysiologyThe pathophysiology of AHFS is complex, and can arise from a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms. Approximately 60% of...
Heart Failure in African-Americans
Heart Failure—An Enigmatic Disease in African-AmericansChronic heart failure is no longer a fatal diagnosis. Rather, it is a treatable disease...
Evolving Treatment Strategies for the Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Over the past decade, catheter ablation has emerged as a potential cure for paroxysmal AF (PAF) and chronic AF (CAF). Currently, the two main...
Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Focal activity, multiple small re-entrant wavelets, and large macro-re-entrant circuits have all been implicated in AF, influenced by changes in...
Monitoring Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
With AF, the ventricles are activated irregularly and commonly very rapidly. At times, the ventricles are activated so rapidly that they cannot fill...
