What Is AFib?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
6. Treatment
Atrial fibrillation medications include beta blockers, which can decrease the heart rate, calcium channel blockers, which relax muscles within the blood vessels and slow down the heart rate, sodium or potassium channel blockers, which are responsible for controlling the electric impulses of the heart, and digitalis, which strengthens the heart muscle.
Some doctors also use blood thinners like rivaroxaban and apixaban to prevent the formation of blood clots. Treatment is usually not required for those without symptoms if they do not suffer from any other cardiac problems, and those for who the condition resolves spontaneously.
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