Atrial Fibrillation Treatment

Because the atria cannot contract regularly, blood is not fully pumped and accumulates inside the heart, tending to coagulate. If this clot goes to the brain, it causes a stroke (paralysis). Therefore, lifelong blood thinners (anticoagulants) are prescribed to a large majority of atrial fibrillation patients.

In patients where medications cannot return the rhythm to normal, it is the process of resetting the electrical system by delivering a controlled electric shock to the heart under short-term anesthesia (sedation) and restoring the heart to a normal sinus rhythm (like resetting a computer).

In cases where medication is not beneficial or the patient does not want to use medication, the process of burning or freezing these faulty electricity-producing foci in the heart with the "Ablation" procedure performed by entering through the groin provides a highly permanent success rate.