CLASSIFICATION OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the subject of several overlapping schemes of classification in which the subgroups are often poorly defined. Ne w methods of classification have been applied to accommodate new infor mation and new concepts. These are often appropriate only in limited c ircumstances and may lead to confusion if applied out of context, We w ill describe the principal schemes used to classify AF and discuss the limitations of each. (C)1998 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.