Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

Roy, Denis; Talajic, Mario; Nattel, Stanley; George Wyse, D.; Dorian, Paul; L. Lee, Kerry; G. Bourassa, Martial; Malcolm O. Arnold, J.; E. Buxton, Alfred; John Camm, A.; J. Connolly, Stuart; Dubuc, Marc; Ducharme, Anique; G. Guerra, Peter; H. Hohnloser, Stefan; Lambert, Jean; Le Heuzey, Jean‐Yves; O’Hara, Gilles; Dyg Pedersen, Ole; Rouleau, Jean‐Lucien; N. Singh, Bramah; W. Stevenson, Lynne; G. Stevenson, William; Thibault, Bernard; L. Waldo, Albert

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0708789

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Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jun 18, 2008

Authors:

Denis Roy

Mario Talajic

Stanley Nattel

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It is common practice to restore and maintain sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. This approach is based in part on data indicating that atrial fibrillation is a predictor of death in patients with heart failure and suggesting that the suppression of atri...

Subject

Atrial fibrillation

Medicine

Cardiology

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