Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation relates to the fast and chaotic beating of the atrial chambers, which mainly affects older people. The risk of developing atrial fibrillation increases past the age of 60, mainly due to the wear and tear that may affect the heart's function as a person ages.

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Reviewed September 2008

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Title:	Atrial fibrillation (AF)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation of the heart.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Stroke prevention for high risk groups
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Certain conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) can substantially increase a person's risk of stroke. Methods of reducing the risk include medications, surgery and lifestyle changes.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Heart conditions - atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of heart arrhythmia, which means that the heart beats abnormally. Untreated, possible complications include stroke and heart attack.
Date:	Sep 2007

Title:	Atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of irregular heartbeat.
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Arrhythmia
Publisher:	HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:	Links to information arrhythmia, including palpitations, Long QT Syndrome and atrial fibrillation.
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Atrial fibrillation: information for you, and your family, whanau, and friends
Publisher:	New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:	This booklet is for people who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation or flutter. It has been written to help you to better understand your condition and how it is best managed. Families, whnau and friends of people with atrial fibrillation or flutter may also find this booklet useful.
Date:	Aug 2006

Title:	New Zealand cardiovascular guidelines: handbook for primary care practitioners
Publisher:	New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:	This is a condensed version of the advice contained in six recent guidelines (cardiovascular risk, diabetes, stroke, atrial fibrillation, cardiac rehabilitation and smoking cessation).
Date:	Jun 2005

Title:	The management of people with atrial fibrillation and flutter
Publisher:	New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:	The purpose of this guideline is to provide an evidence-based summary of effective practice in the assessment and management of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) in New Zealand.
Date:	May 2005

Title:	Warfarin: balancing the benefits and harms
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	The benefits of warfarin therapy are substantial in the prevention of arterial and venous thrombosis, and in the primary and secondary prevention of stroke related to non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation. The major risk of warfarin is bleeding, which can cause significant morbidity or mortality.
Date:	Aug 2004

Title:	Systematic review of intraoperative ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	The aim of this review was to assess the safety and efficacy of intraoperative surgical ablation techniques for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in comparison to other surgical procedures, including cardiac surgery (CS) alone, or the Maze-III procedure, the current gold standard surgical treatment for AF.
Date:	Jul 2004

Title:	Contemporary management of atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Atrial fibrillation is responsible for considerable morbidity in our population. Management of persistent atrial fibrillation of acute onset involves electrical or pharmacological cardioversion to restore sinus rhythm and the use of antiarrhythmic drugs to maintain sinus rhythm.
Date:	Jan 2000

Title:	Atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	In the normal heart, the muscles of the upper chambers (atria) contract regularly. If these regular contractions are replaced by fast and irregular twitching the person has developed atrial fibrillation which makes their pulse fast and irregular.
Date:	Jan 2000

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