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Treatment Options for Atrial Fibrillation

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There are several treatment options for AF. 5



Medications

Electrical Cardioversion

Catheter Ablation

Surgical Ablation





To learn more about each of these treatments, click on the link above.

5  Fuster, V, Ryden, LE, Cannom, DS, et al.  ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation—Executive Summary; A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation).  Circulation 2006; 114:700-752. 
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