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    Afib Simplified Guidelines Treatment Chart UCM - 324032 PDF

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    This document provides an overview of treatment options for atrial fibrillation. It includes a tool to help patients understand their risk factors, whether their heart rhythm or rate needs treatment, and the treatment options available. The treatment options depend on a patient's risk factors and include lifestyle changes, medications, catheter ablation, cardioversion, and surgery. Regular checkups are important for preventing complications like congestive heart failure and stroke.

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    This document provides an overview of treatment options for atrial fibrillation. It includes a tool to help patients understand their risk factors, whether their heart rhythm or rate needs treatment, and the treatment options available. The treatment options depend on a patient's risk factors and include lifestyle changes, medications, catheter ablation, cardioversion, and surgery. Regular checkups are important for preventing complications like congestive heart failure and stroke.

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    This document provides an overview of treatment options for atrial fibrillation. It includes a tool to help patients understand their risk factors, whether their heart rhythm or rate needs treatment, and the treatment options available. The treatment options depend on a patient's risk factors and include lifestyle changes, medications, catheter ablation, cardioversion, and surgery. Regular checkups are important for preventing complications like congestive heart failure and stroke.

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    Afib Simplified Guidelines Treatment Chart UCM - 324032 PDF

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    This document provides an overview of treatment options for atrial fibrillation. It includes a tool to help patients understand their risk factors, whether their heart rhythm or rate needs treatment, and the treatment options available. The treatment options depend on a patient's risk factors and include lifestyle changes, medications, catheter ablation, cardioversion, and surgery. Regular checkups are important for preventing complications like congestive heart failure and stroke.

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    SIMPLIFYING YOUR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TREATMENT PLAN

    Encourage your patients to take an active role in their healthcare by using this tool to help them understand
    appropriate treatment options available for them.

    What are my CHA2DS2 - VASc Healthy Lifestyle


    How will I prevent* risk factors?
    stroke? Congestive heart failure?
    Hypertension?
    Will I Need Aspirin?
    (Only considered a potential treatment
    Age? (75 or greater) option for select low-risk patients**)
    Diabetes?
    Based on the following Stroke? (prior episode) OR
    Vascular dsease?*
    FDA Approved
    Age? (65 - 74)
    Sex category? (female) Anticoagulants?

    Does my heart rhythm Not at this time - We will Follow up


    or rate need treatment? monitor the situation
    Follow up and regular checkups are
    important for preventing congestive
    heart failure and stroke.

    Medications

    Yes, we will pursue Catheter Ablation


    keeping the heart in
    normal rhythm Cardioversion
    If yes, there are 2 basic
    treatment considerations Surgery
    Usually combined with other
    treatments

    Yes, we will pursue heart


    rate control
    Medications

    *AFib risks factors linked to vascular disease history include: *It is very important to take risk reduction measures even though no method or
    Prior heart attack treatment can guarantee prevention. Know the warning signs for stroke and call
    Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
    9-1-1 immediately if you experience them.
    Aortic plaque
    ** Select low-risk patients includes those with nonvalvular AFib and a
    CHA2DS2 - VASc risk score of 1.

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