Guevara-Valdivia ME

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 117-119
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ABSTRACT

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia responsible for a significant morbidity and mortality. In recent years, progress has been made in determining the genetic abnormalities, the use of anticoagulants as a component of a primary treatment strategy in many patients who have a high risk of recurrence and for thromboembolism, and newer and safer antiarrthythmics are now available. The aim of this paper is to discuss about this topic and antiarrhythmic therapy.

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