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So what is the treatment? Our heart doctor said she would not do ablation on my husband but he has a check up with her yearly. And all of the many many seniors I know with afib (two in their 90s still going to the gym) are taking blood thinners only.
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Depends on the patient. Some do poorly quickly, others can live for decades with AF. But those who develop the conditions I mentioned don't live well afterwards, and many die. AF, itself, won't kill you, but follow-on conditions might very well.
The treatment is rate control, anti-arrhythmic drugs, or ablation. Or all of them, sequentially or severally.