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The concept that the restoration of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation is always an important goal has been largely uncontested for many years. Now, in this issue of the Journal, two trials comparing heart-rate control with rhythm control have tested this assumption and have found it wanting. Both the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management, a North American study,¹ and the Rate Control versus Electrical Cardioversion for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Study, conducted in Europe,² tested the hypothesis that among patients with atrial fibrillation, attempted maintenance of sinus rhythm would be equivalent in outcome to control of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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