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A 63 yo patient presents to the emergency department at 11pm at night in new atrial fibrillation with a ventricular rate of 167 bpm. There is no past medical history apart from migraine for which...
The GARFIELD-AF tool allows a single calculation for mortality, stroke and bleeding and can assist in risk/benefit decision-making.
The GARFIELD-AF(Global Anticoagulant Registry in the...
In this podcast we go on the patient journey, of a 61 yo patient who presents at 11pm at night with an irregularly irregular pulse, at a rate of 167 bpm and a complaint of palpitations.
How do you...
Atrial Fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia we see. Conversion to sinus rhythm of recent-onset of atrial fibrillation is proven to be safe. How do you cardiovert? Is a pharmacological...
Here we review the RACE7 ACWAS (Rate Control vs Cardioversion Trial7-Acute Cardioversion versus Wait and See) Trial (1).
What they did
This was a multicenter, randomised, open label,...
Patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation, detected by implantable devices, have an increased stroke risk, although not as great as that of patient with clinical atrial fibrillation. I also...