Comparison Of Digoxin Versus Low-Dose Amiodarone For Ventricular Rate Control In Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 446-450
Author(s):  
Hung-Fat Tse ◽  
Yui-Ming Lam ◽  
Chu-Pak Lau ◽  
Bernard My Cheung ◽  
Cyrus R Kumana
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Chronic Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Ventricular Rate

Optimizing Heart Rate and Controlling Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Pragnesh Parikh ◽  
◽  
KL Venkatachalam ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Stroke Risk ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Rhythm Control ◽  
Ventricular Rate ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Novel Approaches

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia noted in clinical practice and its incidence and prevalence are on the rise. The single most important intervention is the evaluation and treatment of stroke risk. Once the risk for stroke has been minimized, controlling the ventricular rate and treating symptoms become relevant. In this review article, we emphasize the importance of confirming and treating the appropriate arrhythmia and correlating symptoms with rhythm changes. Furthermore, we evaluate some of the risk factors for AF that independently result in symptoms, underlining the need to treat these risk factors as part of symptom control. We then discuss existing and novel approaches to rate control in AF and briefly cover rhythm control methods.

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