Pacemakers are not a treatment for atrial fibrillation, and cardiac radiofrequency ablation procedures are recommended for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Pacemakers are generally used to treat bradyarrhythmias such as high atrioventricular block and sick sinus node syndrome, and are intended to prevent sudden cardiac death due to bradycardia.
The pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation is a disturbance in the electrical activity of the atria, and pacemakers do not eliminate this disturbance in electrical activity and are not a treatment for atrial fibrillation. When a patient with atrial fibrillation has a pacemaker implanted, it means that the patient has a high degree of atrioventricular block, has a long period of cardiac arrest, and needs to be treated with a pacemaker, but the atrial fibrillation still exists.
At present, clinical treatment of atrial fibrillation is mainly for cardiac radiofrequency ablation surgery treatment for electrical isolation.
Radiofrequency ablation surgical treatment needs to be decided after comprehensive analysis according to different conditions of patients, such as the size of the left atrium, the degree of cardiac function and other factors, and it is recommended that the treatment be carried out under the guidance of doctors.