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Articles on atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation - a review
A review on the causes, the symptoms, and the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Update on treating atrial fibrillation
New evidence helps sort out the "rate control vs. antiarrhythmic drug" controversy.

Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation
One of the major problems with atrial fibrillation is the risk of stroke. Unfortunately, which patients with atrial fibrillation should be placed on anticoagulation (blood thinners) to prevent stroke has been confusing to doctors.  Here is a relatively simple way to tell if anticoagulants are necessary.

A cure for atrial fibrillation?
A review of the state of the art on ablating atrial fibrillation.
 

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