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TREATMENT OPTIONS
 
Antiarrhythmic Drugs:
  • Ibultide: to maintain the heart’s normal rhythm
  • Dofetilide: to maintain the heart’s normal rhythm
  • Amiodarone: to maintain the heart’s normal rhythm
  • Beta Blockers: To slow the heart rate
Non-pharmacological Options:
  • Anticoagulation
  • Devices: Implantable cardioverter-defribillator (ICD): This device is inserted into the patient’s chest like a pacemaker. When an episode of fast, irregular heart beat begins, the device delivers a shock to end the tachycardia, preventing the heart from going into ventricular fibrillation, which is frequently fatal.
  • Cardioversion: This treatment can be chemical (implemented through fast-acting drugs) or electric (implemented through a direct current using paddles over the chest) and are used to restore the heart’s normal rhythm An electrical cardioversion is performed in a hospital setting such as an emergency room, intensive care unit, recovery room, special procedure room or Electrophysiology Laboratory. This split second interruption of the abnormal beat allows the heart's electrical system to regain control and restore a normal heartbeat. Hence, this method does not provide a permanent solution to the problem.
RF Ablation:

A variety of imaging and monitoring systems navigate flexible wires (catheters) to the heart through an artery or vein, locate the precise location of abnormal electric activity (where ablation is needed) and evaluate their progress.

Once in the heart, one or more catheters are used to pinpoint the source of the abnormal electrical signals. When the source of the arrhythmia is located, the catheter delivers bursts of high-energy waves that destroy the abnormal areas, creating a lesion (small scar) that electrical signals cannot pass through.

A majority of patients receiving this treatment experience a long-term reduction in the number of episodes of arrhythmia and the severity of symptoms, or a permanent return to normal heart rhythm.

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