Physical PEGylation to Prevent Insulin Fibrillation

Use of amiodarone to prevent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.

Laura Brantman is an acute care nurse practitioner at the University of California, San Francisco. Jill Howie is an associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco and a nurse practitioner at Kaiser Permanente. including digoxin, β-adrenergic blockers, calcium channel blockers, and class I and class III antiarrhythmic agents, to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillat...

Lifestyle management to prevent and treat atrial fibrillation.

INTRODUCTION Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia with a one in four lifetime risk in adults over the age of forty. Traditionally, AF management has focused on the three pillars of rate control, rhythm control and appropriate anticoagulation to reduce stroke risk. More recently, the importance of cardiovascular risk factor management in AF has emerged as a fo...

Avoiding permanent atrial fibrillation: treatment approaches to prevent disease progression

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and a major global public health problem due to its associated morbidity, including stroke and heart failure, diminished quality of life, and increased mortality. AF often presents initially in a paroxysmal form and may progress to a more sustained form over time. Evidence from randomized controlled trials suggests that there may ...

Systematic trial of pacing to prevent atrial fibrillation (STOP-AF).

Antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

PURPOSE To characterize the efficacy and safety of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. DATA SOURCES Randomized trials identified by using the search strategy developed by the Cochrane Collaboration Stroke Review Group. STUDY SELECTION All published randomized trials testing antithrombotic agents to prevent stroke in patients ...