Current approaches in atrial fibrillation treatment

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Its incidence increases with age. AF is classified into subtypes according to the duration and/or able to provide sinus rhytym. İnitially, patients should be evaluated for rhythm or rate control for appropriate treatment. Second stage of strategy aimed to investigate the feasibility of anticoagulation therapy. Recently, due to the progress made in treatment with rhythm control and anticoagulation therapy, either American or European guidelines have been renovated. These developments have taken place in the newly published guide. In this article, the current change in the management of AF is discussed.

Keywords

• atrial fibrillation, rhythm, anticoagulation

Atriyal fibrilasyon tedavisinde güncel yaklaşımlar

Abstract

Atriyal fibrilasyon (AF) klinik pratikte en sık görülen disritmi olup insidansı yaşla birlikte artış göstermektedir. Sinüs ritminini sağlayabilmeye ve oluşum süresine göre AF sınıflandırılmaktadır. Tedavi, ilk olarak hastaların ritm kontrolü veya hız kontrolü açısından uygunluğunun değerlendirilmesiyle başlar. Strateji belirlendikten sonra ikinci aşamada antikoagülan tedavinin gerekliliği araştırılır. Son zamanlarda hem ritm kontrolü hem de antikoagülan tedavide kaydedilen gelişmeler gerek Amerikan gerekse Avrupa kılavuzlarının birbiri ardına yenilenmesini gerekli kılmıştır. Bu gelişmeler yeni yayınlanan kılavuzlarda yerini almış olup bu yazıda atriyal fibrilasyon tedavisinde yaşanan bu güncel değişimler ele alınmıştır.

Keywords

• Atriyal fibrilasyon, ritim, antikoagülasyon

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