Features of development, the possibility of prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the strongest independent risk factors for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). Their combination is increasingly common, creating a high risk of complications and poor outcome in patients. A search and analysis of 8907 literature sources from the Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/MedLine, The CochraneLibrary databases was carried out for the keywords "diabetes mellitus", "atrial fibrillation", "glycemic control", "hypoglycemic therapy". The review presents current ideas about the mechanisms underlying the development of AF in DM, as well as the effect of certain classes of hypoglycemic and other drugs on the risk of AF, some features of the treatment of AF in combination with DM.