{"id":30986,"date":"2020-04-12T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/?p=30986"},"modified":"2020-04-12T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T08:23:00","slug":"persistent-af-cardiology-mcq-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/persistent-af-cardiology-mcq-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Persistent AF &#8211; Cardiology MCQ &#8211; Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ikNeXHpTCcQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Persistent atrial fibrillation &#8211; Cardiology MCQ &#8211; Answer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is AF which persists more than &#8211; Correct answer: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: #0000ff;\">c) 7 days<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paroxysmal AF is recurrent AF which terminates spontaneously within 7 days. If it persists more than 7 days, it is called Persistent atrial fibrillation. If AF persists more than 12 months, it is called long standing persistent AF [1].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/persistent-af-cardiology-mcq\/\"><strong>Back to question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Reference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Calkins H, Kuck KH, Cappato R, Brugada J, Camm AJ, Chen SA, Crijns HJ, Damiano RJ Jr, Davies DW, DiMarco J, Edgerton J, Ellenbogen K, Ezekowitz MD, Haines DE, Haissaguerre M, Hindricks G, Iesaka Y, Jackman W, Jalife J, Jais P, Kalman J, Keane D, Kim YH, Kirchhof P, Klein G, Kottkamp H, Kumagai K, Lindsay BD, Mansour M, Marchlinski FE, McCarthy PM, Mont JL, Morady F, Nademanee K, Nakagawa H, Natale A, Nattel S, Packer DL, Pappone C, Prystowsky E, Raviele A, Reddy V, Ruskin JN, Shemin RJ, Tsao HM, Wilber D; Heart Rhythm Society Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22386883\">2012 HRS\/EHRA\/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design: a report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society<\/a>. Heart Rhythm. 2012 Apr;9(4):632-696.e21.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persistent atrial fibrillation &#8211; Cardiology MCQ &#8211; Answer Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is AF which persists more than &#8211; Correct answer: c) 7 days Paroxysmal AF is recurrent AF which terminates spontaneously within 7 days. If it persists more than 7 days, it is called Persistent atrial fibrillation. 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