Journal article
Rationale and design of a study assessing treatment strategies of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: The Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure (AF-CHF) trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nonrandomized studies suggest that atrial fibrillation is independently associated with increased mortality in patients with heart failure. Whether restoring and maintaining sinus rhythm will have a beneficial impact on cardiovascular mortality in patients with heart failure has never been tested in an adequately powered randomized trial.
OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of the Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure …
Authors
Investigators* TA-CT
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 144, No. 4, pp. 597–607
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2002
DOI
10.1067/mhj.2002.125326
ISSN
0002-8703