[Role of heart rate in mechanisms of compensation and decompensation in CHF patients with sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation and methods for safe and efficient control of heart rhythm. Part 2. Atrial fibrillation]

Kardiologiia. 2017 Feb;57(S2):351-366. doi: 10.18087/cardio.2401.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

This review focuses on the role of heart rate in patients with a combination of heart failure and atrial fibrillation and on methods for heart rate control in such patients.

Keywords: chronic heart failure, heart rate, sinus rhythm, atrial fibrillation, control of heart rhythm.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation*
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / physiopathology*
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Rate* / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Male

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents