New atrial fibrillation guidelines focus more on controlling heart RATE

February 2004

New atrial fibrillation guidelines focus more on controlling heart RATE...rather than controlling RHYTHM.

The goal of treatment used to be restoring normal sinus rhythm with an antiarrhythmic.

But now the emphasis is on rate. Controlling RATE reduces complications...MIGHT reduce mortality in some patients...and is better tolerated than controlling RHYTHM.

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