Randomized trial of rate-control versus rhythm-control in persistent atrial fibrillation: the Strategies of Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (STAF) study.

By J. Carlsson, S. Miketić, J. Windeler, A. Cuneo, S. Haun, S. Micus, S. Walter, U. Tebbe. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003

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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design (2012, background): “The Strategies of Treatment of AF trial showed no significant difference in the primary endpoints of death, systemic emboli, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation between the two strategies [103].”
Atrial fibrillation management: a prospective survey in ESC member countries: the Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation. (2005, background): “Diagnostics TTE 757 (78) 1275 (84) 1025 (88) 1332 (87) Chest X-ray 803 (82) 1155 (77) 923 (80) 1321 (86) Holter monitoring 135 (14) 549 (36) 323 (28) 511 (31) Exercise test 126 (13) 442 (29) 234 (20) 263 (17) TEE 114 (12) 173 (11) 227 (20) 166 (11) Electrophysiology 14 (1) 143 (10) 81 (7) 66 (4) Eve”
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation-executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committ (2006, positive): “The ACC/AHA/ESC Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation conducted a comprehensive review of the relevant literature from 2001 to 2006 using the PubMed/MED- LINE and Cochrane Library databases.”