Atrial fibrillation can be categorized into three types: sudden, persistent, or permanent (also known as chronic atrial fibrillation). There are many treatment methods for atrial fibrillation, and the most commonly used ones are medication, electrical defibrillation, medical intervention, and surgical treatment. When choosing a treatment for atrial fibrillation, you should pay attention to the following points: Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Considerations I. Persistent atrial fibrillation can not be self-healing, and need to change the rhythm. Permanent atrial fibrillation neither heals itself nor responds to transrhythmia. Over time, a patient’s sudden atrial fibrillation can progress to chronic atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation that requires surgical treatment is mostly chronic atrial fibrillation. The treatment of atrial fibrillation, drug therapy can only control the symptoms and prevent complications, can not treat atrial fibrillation, generally need long-term medication. When treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, drugs that slow down the ventricular rate can be used, as well as drugs that restore the rhythm. For those with frequent episodes, drugs that act on the atria should be used between episodes, rather than drugs that slow the ventricular rate. Therapeutic responses to persistent atrial fibrillation include: 1) resuscitation and long-term use of antiarrhythmic drugs to prevent recurrence; 2) slowing the ventricular rate and anticoagulation. Permanent atrial fibrillation is a type of atrial fibrillation in which it is not possible to restore sinus rhythm, and the treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation should include drugs to slow down the ventricular rate and anticoagulants. Atrial fibrillation treatment method considerations three, electric defibrillation treatment is applicable to drug control is ineffective patients. The success rate of single conversion is high, but the recurrence rate can be as high as 60% or more. And it is easy to cause the patient’s tissue burns and systemic effects. Atrial fibrillation treatment method considerations, intervention is now widely used, but due to technical limitations, for persistent atrial fibrillation and permanent atrial fibrillation single success rate is not very high, generally need multiple treatments, the cost is relatively high. The cost is relatively high. Moreover, there is a possibility of serious complications in interventional therapy. The gold standard of surgical treatment is the “labyrinthine surgery”, which removes the cause of atrial fibrillation and removes the left ear. Therefore, the cure rate of atrial fibrillation is very high, and the chance of postoperative stroke is very low. Currently, there is an additional method of surgical treatment – minimally invasive surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, which abandons the traditional heart surgery of splitting the sternum in the middle and uses a small incision between the ribs and special surgical instruments to isolate the pulmonary veins bilaterally and remove or close the left auricle, ultimately achieving the purpose of treating atrial fibrillation.