Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure

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Authors

Nassir Marrouche · University of Utah Health Care

Johannes Brachmann · Klinikum Coburg

Dietrich Andresen · Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge

Jürgen Siebels · Klinikum Links der Weser

Lucas V.A. Boersma · St. Antonius Ziekenhuis

Luc Jordaens · Erasmus MC

Béla Merkely

Abstract

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure was associated with a significantly lower rate of a composite end point of death from any cause or hospitalization for worsening heart failure than was medical therapy. (Funded by Biotronik; CASTLE-AF ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00643188 .).

Topics & Keywords

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

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 378, Issue 5, pp. 417-427

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1707855

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