Essentials of Atrial Fibrillation

This handbook offers timely investigation of current pharmaceutical trends, clinical guidelines, novel treatments, and ongoing pipeline developments, including ground-breaking advances in the use of novel oral anticoagulants. Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects an estimated 1-2% of the population and is the most common cause of sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Critically, the number of patients developing AF is expected to double in the next five decades, leading to increased incidence of stroke, heart failure and other serious thromboembolic events.

List of contents

Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation.- Pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation.- Classification, diagnosis, and assessment of atrial fibrillation.- Rate and rhythm control strategies for atrial fibrillation.- Anticoagulant treatment strategies for atrial fibrillation.

Product details

• Authors: A John Camm, A. John Camm, Yee Guan Yap
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2014
• EAN: 9781858734385
• ISBN: 978-1-85873-438-5
• No. of pages: 47
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 204 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 77 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 47 p. 11 illus., 4 illus. in color.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine