Key result
Atrial fibrillation in young patients presents significant management dilemmas and carries a risk of thromboembolism and stroke.
This review highlights the clinical impact and management dilemmas of atrial fibrillation and associated thromboembolic stroke risk in younger populations.
May warrant individualized thromboembolism risk assessment in young AF; leaves open dedicated prospective trials for optimal management.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia seen in clinical practice with prevalence in excess of 33 million worldwide. Although often asymptomatic and until recently considered a "benign" arrhythmia, it is now appreciated that thromboembolism resulting from AF results in significant morbidity and mortality predominantly due to stroke. Although an arrhythmia more commonly affecting the elderly, AF can also occur in the young. This review focuses on the impact of AF in the younger population and discusses the dilemmas of managing younger patients with AF.
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Aggarwal et al. (2015) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation in young patients presents significant management dilemmas and carries a risk of thromboembolism and stroke.
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