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Atrial fibrillation

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Chronic atrial fibrillation

For patients with symptomatic chronic AF resistant to medication, consider radiofrequency AV node modulation c  

Why?

  • AV node modulation controls symptoms in 92% of patients (95% CI: 85% to 99%), but AV block is common (16%: 95% CI: 8% to 25%) c

Expiry date: February 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   R G   Hart
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton