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Does pulmonary-vein isolation improve outcomes compared to atrioventricular-node ablation with biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and drug-refractory atrial fibrillation?
Does pulmonary-vein isolation improve outcomes compared to atrioventricular-node ablation with biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and drug-refractory atrial fibrillation?
Pulmonary-vein isolation is superior to AV-node ablation with biventricular pacing for patients with heart failure and drug-refractory atrial fibrillation.
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May shift practice toward pulmonary-vein isolation in heart failure with refractory AF; extends RCT evidence for ablation versus rate control.
Pulmonary-vein isolation was superior to atrioventricular-node ablation with biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure who had drug-refractory atrial fibrillation. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00599976.)
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