Atrial Fibrillation Causes Complications Symptoms and Treatment, Schemes and Mind Maps of Cardiology

Download Atrial Fibrillation Causes Complications Symptoms and Treatment and more Schemes and Mind Maps Cardiology in PDF only on Docsity! Atrial fibrillation Causes Heart valve disease CAD HTN PE Cardiothoracic surgery Heart Failure Congenital Heart Disease Excessive alcohol or caffiene intake Hyperthyroidism What is it? Irregular beating of the atria EKG showing afib no P wave, wavy baseline instead Rapid heart rate 110 to 180 beats per minute Complications Heart failure with prolonged lack of rhythm/rate control Clot MI Stroke Symptoms Palpitations may give feeling of need to cough SOB increases with activity presyncope, syncope, or dizziness chest pain/pressure weakness/fatigue Treatment Rate Control Betablockers metoprolol or carvedilol calciumchannel blockers diltiazem Cardiac glycoside Digoxin Permanent Pacemaker Anticoagulation Management CHADS2 score of 2 or more Pradaxa or Coumadin Rhythm Contorl Antiarrhythmia medication Tikosyn must be hospitalized for initiation Sotalol Amiodarone side effects Hypothroidism Pulmonary fibrosis Flecainide Propafenone Ablation Targeted/focal return to NSR if successful