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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">rpcardio</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Рациональная Фармакотерапия в Кардиологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1819-6446</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2225-3653</issn><publisher><publisher-name>«SILICEA-POLIGRAF» LLC</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20996/1819-6446-2011-7-3-323-333</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">rpcardio-806</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POINT OF VIEW</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТОЧКА ЗРЕНИЯ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>PROSPECTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ЛЕЧЕНИЯ ПАЦИЕНТОВ С ФИБРИЛЛЯЦИЕЙ ПРЕДСЕРДИЙ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сулимов</surname><given-names>В. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sulimov</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., профессор, заведующий кафедрой факультетской терапии №1 лечебного факультета</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лишута</surname><given-names>А. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Lishuta</surname><given-names>A. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н., ассистент кафедры госпитальной терапии №1 лечебного факультета</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">alexeylish@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ГОУ ВПО Первый московский медицинский университет (МГМУ) им. И.М. Сеченова</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>I.M. Setchenov First Moscow State Medical University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>01</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>323</fpage><lpage>333</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Sulimov V.A., Lishuta A.S., 2016</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2016</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сулимов В.А., Лишута А.С.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sulimov V.A., Lishuta A.S.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/806">https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/806</self-uri><abstract><p>Basic principles of the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are discussed taking into account recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology (2010). Peculiarities of AF diagnosis, clinical course and severity estimation, approaches to complications prevention and therapy strategy choice in patients with AF (rhythm control or heart rate control) are presented.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рассматривают основные принципы ведения пациентов с фибрилляцией предсердий (ФП) с учетом рекомендаций Европейского общества кардиологов (2010). Освещают особенности диагностики ФП с оценкой ее течения и тяжести, принципы профилактики осложнений и выбора стратегии лечения пациентов с ФП (контроль ритма или контроль частоты сердечных сокращений).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>фибрилляция предсердий</kwd><kwd>антитромботическая терапия</kwd><kwd>антиаритмическая терапия</kwd><kwd>дронедарон</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>atrial fibrillation</kwd><kwd>antithrombotic therapy</kwd><kwd>antiarrhythmic therapy</kwd><kwd>dronedarone</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: the Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 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