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RAFT-AF, Despite Itself, Hints Ablation Advantage in HF With AF – Medscape
Ablation-based rhythm control wasn’t superior to aggressive rate control for patients with atrial fib and heart failure in the underpowered study, but a signal…
There was no advantage to catheter ablation for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with an aggressive rate-control strategy in patients who also had heart failure (HF) in a randomized trial that was halted early and underpowered for the results to be conclusive.
But some trends suggested to researchers that, had there been continued enrollment and follow-up, the rhythm control strategy would have emerged as clearly superior, especially in at least one subgroup of patients.
In RAFT-AF,…
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