*How to reverse the risk factors that cause atrial fibrillation?
-Stopping the use of stimulant drugs and excessive alcohol intake
-Controlling hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone and low blood oxygen levels)
-Controlling heart failure and treating the disease of the heart and the lungs.

*How to slow heart rate ?
- This is done with medications (usually the rate of the ventricles is too slow).
- Patients with atrial fibrillation and healthy AV nodes usually have ventricles that beat rapidly.

*Medications to slow the heart rate in atrial fibrillation
-Digoxin
-Beta-blockers (help keep your heart beat in regular rhythm.
-Calcium channel blockers (help slow your heart beat)
-Electrolytes ( A electrolyte imbalance may cause atrial fibrillation)
-Beta blockers such as propranolol (Inderal)
-Atenolol (tenormin) metoprolol (lopressor), etc.

*Catheter-based procedures and surgery

-Cardiac ablation:Procedure that uses heat energy to stop abnormal heart impulses. (A wire is guided to your heart by a artery or a vein).

- Pacemaker: A permanent machine the size of a watch helps heart beat at a normal speed and in a regular rhythm.

- Temporary Patches
Placed on the chest or back patches connected to a monitor ( Is a pacemaker box in the outside of your body).