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Fibrilación auricular de inicio reciente

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Last reviewed: 13 Jul 2025
Last updated: 06 Aug 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • pulso irregular
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Other diagnostic factors

  • palpitaciones
  • hipotensión
  • aumento de la presión venosa yugular
  • ruidos cardíacos adicionales
  • mareos
  • disnea
  • estertores
  • evidencia de accidente cerebrovascular
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Risk factors

  • mayor edad
  • hipertensión
  • hipotensión ortostática
  • diabetes mellitus
  • insuficiencia cardíaca.
  • cardiopatía valvular y cardiopatía estructural
  • arteriopatía coronaria y síndrome coronario agudo
  • otras arritmias auriculares
  • sepsis y enfermedades críticas
  • cirugía cardíaca o torácica
  • obesidad
  • hipertiroidismo
  • enfermedades pulmonares hipóxicas
  • consumo de alcohol
  • tabaquismo
  • trastornos inflamatorios
  • ejercicio excesivo
  • estatura
  • cáncer y quimioterapia
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • electrocardiograma (ECG)
  • electrolitos séricos
  • biomarcadores cardíacos
  • pruebas de función tiroidea
  • radiografía del tórax (RT)
  • ecocardiograma transtorácico
  • ecocardiograma transesofágico (ETE)
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Tests to consider

  • estudio electrofisiológico
  • pruebas de esfuerzo con ejercicio
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Treatment algorithm

INITIAL

hemodinámicamente inestable

ACUTE

hemodinámicamente estable con trombo en la aurícula izquierda, o presencia de trombo desconocida/duración de la FA desconocida

hemodinámicamente estables sin trombo en la aurícula izquierda: inicio de síntomas <48 horas

hemodinámicamente estables sin trombo en la aurícula izquierda: inicio de síntomas ≥48 horas

hemodinámicamente estables sin trombo en la aurícula izquierda: asintomático

Contributors

Authors

Arti N. Shah, MS, MD

Director

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York

NY

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

BKK declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Diwakar Jain, MD, FACC, FRCP, FASNC

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla

NY

Disclosures

DJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Farooq A. Padder, MD, MRCP, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hahnemann University Hospital

Woodbury

NJ

Disclosures

FAP declares that he has no competing interests.

Kim Rajappan, MA, MD, MRCP

Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist

Cardiac Department

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford

UK

Disclosures

KR declares that she has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

Joglar JA, Chung MK, Armbruster AL, et al. 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS guideline for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on clinical practice guidelines. Circulation. 2024 Jan 2;149(1):e1-156.Full text  Abstract

Hindricks G, Potpara T, Dagres N, et al. 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Eur Heart J. 2021 Feb 1;42(5):373-498.Full text

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