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The Heart Of Atrial Fibrillation: Integrating Yoga For Holistic Care, Jessica Lee Mcalpine
The Heart Of Atrial Fibrillation: Integrating Yoga For Holistic Care, Jessica Lee Mcalpine
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Atrial fibrillation (afib) is a chronic disease with no reliable cure that is caused by a chaotic heart rhythm. The heart has both metaphysical and physical meaning as the place where the spirit resides, a symbol of love, and as an organ that provides life. Yoga can be integrated as a holistic modality that has both physical and metaphysical benefits. Literature demonstrates that yoga can reduce self-assessed symptoms of afib, secondary outcomes, and objective episodes of afib. Negative emotional states can increase afib frequency. Yoga has been found to improve emotional states, ability to cope with chronic disease, perceived wellness, …
Drug Therapy Vs. Ablation Therapy For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Jessica Ansara
Drug Therapy Vs. Ablation Therapy For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Jessica Ansara
Theses and Graduate Projects
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation is 6.5 percent in the adult population in the United States, in an attempt to treat this patient population, there are numerous options and this study attempts to find the optimal treatment plan that has the least Atrial fibrillation(AF) reoccurrence, best quality of life and is the most effective. This is a Systematic Review comparing catheter ablation therapy vs. drug therapy in treating patients with atrial fibrillation. The search engines used in this analysis include PubMed, UpToDate, Google Scholar and Academic Search Premier. A total of 19 articles were analyzed and data was extracted, and …
Routine Screening For Silent Atrial Fibrillation, Zach Stevens
Routine Screening For Silent Atrial Fibrillation, Zach Stevens
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and is particularly prevalent in the elderly population. It is associated with an elevated stroke risk which can be easily minimized with anticoagulation. However, AF detection is often difficult due to infrequent or absent symptoms and the first presentation of AF may be a stroke. Advances in technology have made screening for AF more feasible and accessible. Opportunistic screening with pulse palpation and confirmatory ECG is now strongly supported by the evidence and more recent studies have demonstrated that systematic screening – particularly of those with AF risk factors – may be …