TY - JOUR
T1 - 2014 Oman heart association protocol for the management of acute atrial fibrillation
AU - El-Deeb, Mohammed H.
AU - Sulaiman, Kadhim J.
AU - Al Riyami, Abdullah A.
AU - Al Rawahi, Najib
AU - Al Riyami, Adil B.
AU - Al Mukhaini, Mohamed
AU - Al Riyami, Mohamed B.
AU - Sallam, Mansour
AU - Rahman, Said Abdul
AU - Abbas, Hisham S.
AU - Hamad, Gamal S.
AU - Panduranga, Prashanth
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, there is variation in practice with regard to the management of acute AF among the hospitals and even within the same hospital in Oman. This variation likely reflects a lack of high-quality evidence. Standard guidelines and textbooks do not offer clear evidence-based direction for physicians to guide the management of acute AF. Particularly controversial is the issue of using rhythm control or rate control. This stimulated Oman Heart Association (OHA) to issue a simplified protocol for the management of acute AF to be applied by the entire cardiac caregivers all over the country. The priorities for acute management of AF include stabilizing the patient's hemodynamic status, symptom control, treatment of the underlying and precipitating cause, and more importantly protecting the brain.
AB - Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, there is variation in practice with regard to the management of acute AF among the hospitals and even within the same hospital in Oman. This variation likely reflects a lack of high-quality evidence. Standard guidelines and textbooks do not offer clear evidence-based direction for physicians to guide the management of acute AF. Particularly controversial is the issue of using rhythm control or rate control. This stimulated Oman Heart Association (OHA) to issue a simplified protocol for the management of acute AF to be applied by the entire cardiac caregivers all over the country. The priorities for acute management of AF include stabilizing the patient's hemodynamic status, symptom control, treatment of the underlying and precipitating cause, and more importantly protecting the brain.
KW - atrial fibrillation, direct current cardioversion, rate control, rhythm control, non-dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonists, β blockers, digoxin, amiodarone, flecainide, anticoagulation
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U2 - 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000015
DO - 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000015
M3 - Article
C2 - 25062397
AN - SCOPUS:84904964594
SN - 1535-282X
VL - 13
SP - 117
EP - 127
JO - Critical Pathways in Cardiology
JF - Critical Pathways in Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -