Rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

By D. Roy, M. Talajic, Stanley Nattel, D. Wyse, P. Dorian, Kerry L. Lee, Martial G. Bourassa, J. Arnold, Alfred E. Buxton, A. Camm and 15 more. New England Journal of Medicine, 2008

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Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: the Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). (2010, background): “The rhythm control strategy has not been shown to be superior to rate control in heart failure patients with AF.(90) Catheter-based LA ablation procedures in heart failure patients may lead to improvement in LV function, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in selected patients (see Section 4.”
2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2016, neutral): “4 Rhythm control In patients with chronic HF, a rhythm control strategy (including pharmacological or electrical cardioversion) has not been shown to be superior to a rate control strategy in reducing mortality or morbidity.(359) Urgent cardioversion is indicated only if the AF is life threatening, ”
2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. (2016, neutral): “Although many clinicians believe that maintaining sinus rhythm can improve outcomes in AF patients,(588) all trials that have compared rhythm control and rate control to rate control alone (with appropriate anticoagulation) have resulted in neutral outcomes.(41,578,579,582,589) – 593 Whether modern ”
ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012 (2012, background): “mortality or morbidity.(171) This strategy is probably best reserved for patients with a reversible secondary cause of AF (e.”
ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 ‡ (2008, neutral): “Rhythm control There is no clear evidence that restoring and maintaining sinus rhythm is superior to rate control in reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with persistent AF and HF.(172)”