Atrial fibrillation and flutter – the unsolved problem of medicine

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation and fluttering are the most common cardiac arrhythmias, which progressively affect the quality and duration of life, causing thromboembolic complications and an increase in heart failure. This article presents the result of studying and analyzing modern ideas about the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, course options, complications and outcomes of atrial fibrillation and flutter with the establishment of urgent unresolved issues of this pathology.

Keywords

• atrial fibrillation
• atrial flutter
• anticoagulant therapy
• radiofrequency ablation
• thrombosis of the auricle of the left atrium
• options for relief and prevention of recurrence of cardiac arrhythmias