New Aspects in Atrial Fibrillationatrial

Mustafa  ŞAN; Mustafa  DEMİRTAŞ; Yalçın  KEPEKÇİ

doi:10.58600/eurjther.1997-8-1-2-1507-arch

Authors

Mustafa ŞAN Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology
Mustafa DEMİRTAŞ Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology
Yalçın KEPEKÇİ Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of lntemal Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58600/eurjther.1997-8-1-2-1507-arch

Keywords:

Atrial fibrillation, arrhytmia, treatment

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation, one of the most common cardiac arrhytmias in human, is maintained by mechanisms not yet fully understood. In this article, we reviewed many of these new avenues for unravelling the nature of the atrial fibrillation and the consequent possibilities for radical treatment.

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