:: January 2012

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Clinical Guidelines

New ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Highlighting Stroke Prevention and Catheter Ablation

NGC - Atrial fibrillation. (2007)

NGC - Atrial fibrillation: drug treatment and electric cardioversion. (2004)

NGC - The management of people with atrial fibrillation and flutter. (2005)

NZGG - The Management of People with Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter (2005)

Internet Sites

Featured site

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia: Atrial fibrillation/flutter

Atrial fibrillation

NIH - Arrhythmia

NIH - Atrial Fibrillation

Related Topics - Highlighted Articles

Diet - Health

Fitness - Exercise

In this newsletter:

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening
General Information
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction

	Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

	General Information
Atrial Fibrillation (animation) Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Ischemic Stroke. (Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2012) Incidence and Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation and Associated Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1993–2007 (Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2012) “Among older Medicare beneficiaries, incident AF is common and has remained relatively stable for more than a decade. Incident AF is associated with significant comorbidity and mortality; death occurs in one-quarter of beneficiaries within 1 year.” Subclinical atrial fibrillation and the risk of stroke. (N Engl J Med. 2012) “Subclinical atrial tachyarrhythmias, without clinical atrial fibrillation, occurred frequently in patients with pacemakers and were associated with a significantly increased risk of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism.” Upper Normal Blood Pressures Predict Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Healthy Middle-Aged Men (Hypertension. 2012)

	Risk Factors

	Risk Reduction