Atrial fibrillation even with a pacemaker

The heart beats too fast in atrial fibrillation and too slow when it’s not. You may also need a pacemaker for atrial fibrillation if your medication slows your heart rate too much. “Pacemakers stabilize a slow heart rate and allow your doctor to use medications to control the afib ,” Dr. Lakkireddy says.4 Nis 2013

Pacemakers are used to treat a slow heart rate (bradycardia) that can happen in people who have atrial fibrillation . You may need a pacemaker if: You have atrial fibrillation that comes and goes.

Effect of Pacing on AF in Patients With Bradycardia Observational studies have suggested that the incidence of AF is between 0% and 3% per year in patients with dual-chamber pacemakers as compared with an incidence of 6% to 15% per year in patients with single-chamber ventricular pacemakers.