TY - JOUR
T1 - A Team-Based Approach Toward Risk Factors of Atrial Fibrillation
AU - Pathak, Rajeev Kumar
AU - Abhilash, Sreevilasam Pushpangadhan
AU - Hendriks, Jeroen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF), being the most common arrhythmia, the service of primary care physicians and internists in preventing, identifying, and treating AF is of paramount importance. There are nonmodifiable, modifiable, and reversible risk factors for AF. The modifiable risk factors include hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes mellitus etc. These risk factors should be screened and adequately treated to prevent occurrence of AF at the primary care level itself. This will reduce recurrence rates of AF and will treat underlying conditions predisposing to AF.
AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF), being the most common arrhythmia, the service of primary care physicians and internists in preventing, identifying, and treating AF is of paramount importance. There are nonmodifiable, modifiable, and reversible risk factors for AF. The modifiable risk factors include hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes mellitus etc. These risk factors should be screened and adequately treated to prevent occurrence of AF at the primary care level itself. This will reduce recurrence rates of AF and will treat underlying conditions predisposing to AF.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Comprehensive AF treatment
KW - Correctable risk factors
KW - Modifiable risk factors
KW - Novel models of care delivery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ccep.2020.11.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ccep.2020.11.008
M3 - Review article
SN - 1877-9182
VL - 13
SP - 257
EP - 262
JO - Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
JF - Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
IS - 1
ER -