PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher J McLeod
AU  - Bernard J Gersh
TI  - A practical approach to the management of patients with atrial fibrillation
AID  - 10.1136/ha.2009.000596
DP  - 2010 Jan 01
TA  - Heart Asia
PG  - 95--103
VI  - 2
IP  - 1
4099  - http://heartasia.bmj.com/content/2/1/95.short
4100  - http://heartasia.bmj.com/content/2/1/95.full
SO  - Heart Asia2010 Jan 01; 2
AB  - Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly encountered clinical arrhythmia and continues to grow in incidence. Current management involves highly individualised therapies based on underlying concomitant disease processes and symptoms. Moreover, there are numerous therapeutic permutations involving anticoagulation, rate-limitation and antiarrhythmic strategies. This review serves to update the clinician with a practical approach to each patient population and on current advances in management.