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New-onset atrial fibrillation

Última revisão: 13 Feb 2025
Última atualização: 31 Jan 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • irregular pulse rate
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • palpitations
  • hypotension
  • elevated jugular venous pressure
  • added heart sounds
  • dizziness
  • dyspnea
  • rales
  • evidence of stroke
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Fatores de risco

  • increasing age
  • hypertension
  • orthostatic hypotension
  • diabetes mellitus
  • heart failure
  • valvular and structural heart disease
  • coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes
  • other atrial arrhythmias
  • sepsis and critical illness
  • cardiac or thoracic surgery
  • obesity
  • hyperthyroidism
  • hypoxic pulmonary conditions
  • alcohol consumption
  • smoking
  • inflammatory disorders
  • excessive exercise
  • height
  • cancer and chemotherapy
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • ECG
  • serum electrolytes
  • cardiac biomarkers
  • thyroid function tests
  • CXR
  • transthoracic echocardiogram
  • transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
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Tests to avoid

  • coronary CT angiography
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • electrophysiologic study
  • exercise stress tests
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Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

hemodynamically unstable

AGUDA

hemodynamically stable with left atrial thrombus, or presence of thrombus unknown/duration of AF unknown

hemodynamically stable without left atrial thrombus: symptom onset <48 hours

hemodynamically stable without left atrial thrombus: symptom onset ≥48 hours

hemodynamically stable without left atrial thrombus: asymptomatic

Colaboradores

Autores

Arti N. Shah, MS, MD

Director

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York

NY

Declarações

ANS declares that she has no competing interests.

Bharat K. Kantharia, MD, FRCP, FAHA, FACC, FESC, FHRS

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

President

Cardiovascular and Heart Rhythm Consultants

Attending and Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Mount Sinai Hospitals

New York Methodist Hospital

New York

NY

Declarações

BKK declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Diwakar Jain, MD, FACC, FRCP, FASNC

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla

NY

Declarações

DJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Farooq A. Padder, MD, MRCP, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hahnemann University Hospital

Woodbury

NJ

Declarações

FAP declares that he has no competing interests.

Kim Rajappan, MA, MD, MRCP

Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist

Cardiac Department

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford

UK

Declarações

KR declares that she has no competing interests.

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