Invasive Management of Atrial Fibrillation and the Elderly.
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چکیده
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered by caregivers for the elderly. A plethora of new, mostly invasive techniques have evolved to treat patients who remain symptomatic from this arrhythmia despite attempts at pharmacological therapy.1-4 The most widely-used of these new techniques is radiofrequency ablation, but in selected patients, special types of pacemaker, cryoablation, and surgical maze therapy may be of benefit.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of atrial fibrillation
دوره 3 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010