Raul Armando
e-mergencista experimentado
Según estudios recientes es mejor en la Fibrilación auricular en el curso de la insuficiencia cardiaca tratar la frecuencia y no el ritmo.
¿Qué hacen ustedes?
Pueden revisar el tema en :
• Scheinman MM : Atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. The intersection of two common
diseases. Circulation 1998;98:941-42
• Twidale N, Manda V, Holliday R, Boler S, Sparks L, Crain J, Carrier S : Mitral regurgitation after
atrioventricular node catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and heart failure: acute hemodynamics
features. Am Heart J 1999;138:1166-75
• Wood MA, Brown-Mahoney C, Kay GN, Ellenbogen KA. Clinical outcomes after ablation and pacing
therapy for atrial fibrillation : a meta-analysis. Circulation 2000;101:1138-44
• Hohnloser SH, Kuck KH, Lilienthal J. Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation--Pharmacological
Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation (PIAF): a randomised trial. Lancet 2000;356:1789-94
• Scheinman MM, Morady F. Nonpharmacological approaches to atrial fibrillation. Circulation
2001;103:2120-5
• Saxonhouse SJ, Curtis AB. Risks and benefits of rate control versus maintenance of sinus rhythm. Am J
Cardiol 2003;91(6A):27D-32D
¿Qué hacen ustedes?
Pueden revisar el tema en :
• Scheinman MM : Atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. The intersection of two common
diseases. Circulation 1998;98:941-42
• Twidale N, Manda V, Holliday R, Boler S, Sparks L, Crain J, Carrier S : Mitral regurgitation after
atrioventricular node catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and heart failure: acute hemodynamics
features. Am Heart J 1999;138:1166-75
• Wood MA, Brown-Mahoney C, Kay GN, Ellenbogen KA. Clinical outcomes after ablation and pacing
therapy for atrial fibrillation : a meta-analysis. Circulation 2000;101:1138-44
• Hohnloser SH, Kuck KH, Lilienthal J. Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation--Pharmacological
Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation (PIAF): a randomised trial. Lancet 2000;356:1789-94
• Scheinman MM, Morady F. Nonpharmacological approaches to atrial fibrillation. Circulation
2001;103:2120-5
• Saxonhouse SJ, Curtis AB. Risks and benefits of rate control versus maintenance of sinus rhythm. Am J
Cardiol 2003;91(6A):27D-32D