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Srdeční selhání a fibrilace síní

Title in English Heart failure and atrial fibrillation
Authors

LÁBROVÁ Růžena ŠPINAR Jindřich

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Cor et Vasa
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
Keywords atrial fibrillation heart failure rhythm control rate control ablation pacing
Description They are conditions characterized by an appreciably increasing incidence with increasing age – the typical patient is over 70 years old. The prerequisite for successful drug therapy of both conditions is effective oral anticoagulation and an individualized choice between rhythm versus rate control in an effort to prevent sudden cardiac death or progression of heart failure. Optimal therapy of heart failure should control symptoms and prevent the onset of new atrial fi brillation. The question whether to control rhythm or rate in the treatment of atrial fi brillation has to date been investigated in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, that is, those without heart failure. However, some reports have pointed out that maintaining sinus rhythm significantly improves the prognosis of heart failure and prevents its deterioration. Atrioventricular junction ablation with subsequent pacing or, possibly, biventricular pacing, seem to be particularly beneficial in patients with severe heart failure.
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