Episode Details

Dan and Kristin welcomed Cia Connell back to the podcast to tell us about some recent publications to guide management of atrial fibrillation. Cia is a clinical manger with the Heart Foundation and a specialist cardiology pharmacist.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode, from the basics of rate vs rhythm control to the most recent international guidelines.

You can read more here:

• The AUGUSTUS trial

• The CABANA trial

• National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation 2018

• The Apple Heart Study

If you're a cardiology nerd like Cia and Dan, you should check out some of our other episodes:

• Episode 3: New anticoagulants with Cia Connell

• Episode 15: Controversies about lipid-lowering therapies with Dr Rochelle Gellatly

• Episode 20: Heart failure with Dr Rochelle Gellatly

• Episode 41: Hot topics in cardiology with Garth Birdsey

• Episode 49: Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular version 7