Key result
Rate control is a reasonable primary therapeutic approach for patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure, with catheter ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy emerging as options.
Population
Patients with co-existing atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF)
Design
Review
Authors
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Rate control viable initially in AF-HF; leaves open whether ablation or CRT improves outcomes over standard care.
This review highlights the evolving management of concurrent atrial fibrillation and heart failure, emphasizing recent trial data on rate versus rhythm control and emerging non-pharmacological therapies.
Michalis Efremidis (2009) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Atrial fibrillation management strategies was evaluated. Rate control is a reasonable primary therapeutic approach for patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure, with catheter ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy emerging as options.
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