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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Interventional Management of Atrial Fibrillation in the Chronic Heart Failure Population
1Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center, 8333 Naab Road #400, Indianapolis, IN 46260, USA.
Abstract:
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) synergistically interact to exacerbate each other. However, treatment of one entity can greatly improve management of the other. Although historically, permissive medical therapy was the mainstay of AF management in the HF population, recent data strongly favor early, often invasive, intervention for AF to reduce hard HF outcomes. It seems that intervening earlier in the time course of AF, though still not excluding persistent AF from treatment, may have more pronounced effects.
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