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Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained arrhythmia observed in hospitalized patients, is associated with substantial morbidity, and its occurrence approximately doubles the rate of death as compared with that of patients in whom sinus rhythm is maintained. The global effect of atrial fibrillation on public health is so great that international professional organizations have integrated the results of seminal studies to progressively formulate data-driven management guidelines.¹

Patients with heart failure are at increased risk for atrial fibrillation and constitute an important subgroup of all patients with this arrhythmia. Data from trials involving patients with atrial fibrillation have shown that a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (M.E.C.); and the Department of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa (A.B.C.).

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