Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

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Authors

Denis Roy · Montreal Heart Institute

Mario Talajic · Université de Montréal

Stanley Nattel · Montreal Heart Institute

D. George Wyse · Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Paul Dorian · St Michael’s Hospital

Kerry L. Lee · Duke Medical Center

Martial G. Bourassa ·

Abstract

In patients with atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure, a routine strategy of rhythm control does not reduce the rate of death from cardiovascular causes, as compared with a rate-control strategy. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00597077.)

Topics & Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 358, Issue 25, pp. 2667-2677

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0708789

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