Pulmonary-Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure

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Authors

Mohammed Khan · Cardiovascular Research Associates

Pierre Jaı̈s · Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque

Jennifer E. Cummings · Cleveland Clinic

Luigi Di Biase · Cleveland Clinic

Prashanthan Sanders · Royal Adelaide Hospital

David O. Martin · Cleveland Clinic

Josef Kautzner ·

Abstract

Pulmonary-vein isolation was superior to atrioventricular-node ablation with biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure who had drug-refractory atrial fibrillation. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00599976.)

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 359, Issue 17, pp. 1778-1785

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0708234

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