Clinical review for general practice

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Efficiency and safety of pharmacological cardioversion for atrial fibrillation

Aleksei V. Tarasov

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Abstract

Currently, atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent supraventricular tachycardia. Selection of management strategy for such patients becomes an important issue for medical practitioners. The review includes issues related to atrial fibrillation management tactics algorithms based on the patients’ age and comorbidities; contemporary approaches to pharmacological therapy of the described type of arrhythmia are reported, peculiar features for prescription of antiarrhythmic drugs of various classes are highlighted.

Key words: atrial fibrillation, cardioversion, cardiac rhythm management, antiarrhythmic drugs.

About the Author

Aleksei V. Tarasov 1

1 National Health and Research Center of Preventive Healthcare, Moscow, Russia

References

1. Diagnostika i lechenie fibrilliatsii predserdii. Klinicheskie rekomendatsii Vserossiiskogo nauchnogo obshchestva spetsialistov po klinicheskoi elektrofiziologii, aritmologii i elektrokardiostimuliatsii (VNOA) v sotrudnichestve s Rossiiskim kardiologicheskim obshchestvom (RKO) i Assotsiatsii serdechno-sosudistykh khirurgov Rossii (ASSKh). Moscow, 2017 (in Russian)
2. ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. Eur Heart J 2016; 37: 2893–962. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx391

For citation:Tarasov A.V. Efficiency and safety of pharmacological cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. Clinical review for general practice. 2021; 4: 11–13. DOI: 10.47407/kr2021.2.4.00055


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