Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained arrhythmia observedin hospitalized patients, is associated with substantial morbidity,and its occurrence approximately doubles the rate of death ascompared with that of patients in whom sinus rhythm is maintained.The global effect of atrial fibrillation on public health isso great that international professional organizations haveintegrated the results of seminal studies to progressively formulatedata-driven management guidelines.1
Patients with heart failure are at increased risk for atrialfibrillation and constitute an important subgroup of all patientswith this arrhythmia. Data from trials involving patients withatrial 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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