Why the study?
Does ASD closure or medical rhythm control improve atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients with an atrial septal defect?
Does ASD closure or medical rhythm control improve atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients with an atrial septal defect?
In patients with an atrial septal defect and atrial fibrillation, medical rhythm control has disappointing efficacy and ASD closure does not have a clear relationship with AF outcomes.
Medical rhythm control shows disappointing efficacy in ASD-AF; leaves open whether ASD closure affects arrhythmia outcomes.
No clear relation between closure of the ASD and AF could be assessed. This is the first study describing applied therapy for AF in ASD patients of which medical rhythm control was the most applied strategy with a disappointing efficacy.
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