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Atrial Fibrillation Therapy

  • Discusses new diagnostic tools for best selecting AF patients for specific therapies
  • Presents recent research in a highly practical, easy reference style
  • Emphasis is on a just-the-facts approach to the interventional treatment of AF

Part of the book series: Current Cardiovascular Therapy (CCT)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Epidemiology, Burden and Unmet Needs in Atrial Fibrillation

    • Antoni Martínez-Rubio, Josep Guindo Soldevila, Antoni Bayés de Luna
    Pages 1-22
  3. Drug Therapy for Rhythm and Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation

    • Josep Guindo Soldevila, Antoni Martinez-Rubio
    Pages 109-126
  4. Guidelines and Current Recommendations in Atrial Fibrillation

    • Antoni Martínez-Rubio, Gheorghe-Andrei Dan
    Pages 165-179
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 181-188

About this book

The paradigm for atrial fibrillation (AF) management has changed significantly in recent years. A new era has begun for the prevention of one of the most tremendous complication of AF, stroke. Prevention of ischemic stroke in AF patients with oral anticoagulants represents a huge challenge because of the narrow therapeutic change of these drugs, interindividual and intraindividual variability, and the unsatisfactory time in therapeutically range (TTR) with this type of medication.

New guidelines have emerged as a result of new mechanisms for initiation and perpetuation for pharmacotherapy to cure AF and trials with new classes of antithrombotic drugs are ongoing. The treatment of AF is still in its infancy, but recent research is revealing how it can be applied with optimal efficacy. This book assists trainees, recertifying physicians, practicing physicians and other professional staff in internal medicine, cardiology, emergency medicine, and clinical pharmacology to apply new diagnostic tools for selecting the best treatment options for AF patients.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Internal Medicine Clinic & Department of Cardiology, Colentina University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

    Gheorghe-Andrei Dan

  • Catalan Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    Antoni Bayés de Luna

  • Cardiovascular Sciences Research, Centre Division of Clinical Sciences,, St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

    John Camm

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atrial Fibrillation Therapy

  • Editors: Gheorghe-Andrei Dan, Antoni Bayés de Luna, John Camm

  • Series Title: Current Cardiovascular Therapy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5475-4

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5474-7Published: 12 December 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5475-4Published: 25 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2946-8183

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-8191

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 188

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Pharmacotherapy

Buy it now

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eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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