Why the study?
Does atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation improve long-term outcomes in patients with symptomatic refractory atrial fibrillation?
Does atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation improve long-term outcomes in patients with symptomatic refractory atrial fibrillation?
Atrioventricular node ablation and permanent pacing remains a viable treatment option with good long-term outcomes for symptomatic refractory atrial fibrillation.
Supports AV node ablation plus pacing in refractory AF; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
Long-term outcome of AV node ablation and permanent pacing is good. Atrioventricular node ablation remains a treatment option for AF.
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Tan et al. (2008) studied this question.