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\nAtrial fibrillation is treated with lifestyle changes, medicines, and procedures, including surgery, to help prevent blood clots, slow your heart beat, or restore your heart\u2019s normal rhythm.
\nYour doctor may also treat you for an underlying disorder that is raising the risk of atrial fibrillation, such as overweight or obesity, sleep apnea, or an overactive thyroid gland.
\nYour doctor may recommend adopting heart-healthy lifestyle changes, such as the following:
\nYour doctor may consider treating your atrial fibrillation with medicines to slow your heart rate or to make your heart\u2019s rhythm more even:
\nYour doctor may recommend treatments for an underlying cause or to reduce atrial fibrillation risk factors. For example, he or she may prescribe medicines to treat overweight and obesity, an overactive thyroid, lower high blood pressure, manage high blood cholesterol, control or prevent diabetes, or help you quit smoking.
\nYour doctor may recommend a procedure, especially if lifestyle changes and medicine alone did not improve your symptoms. Typically, your doctor will consider a surgical procedure to treat your atrial fibrillation only if you will be having surgery to treat some other heart condition.
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