EP News Clinical October 2020

Kirchhof and colleagues et al. (N Engl J Med. 2020;383(14):1305-1316 PMID: 32865375) randomized patients with early atrial fibrillation (AF) to rhythm control or usual care. The first primary outcome was a composite of cardiovascular death, stroke, or hospitalization with heart failure heart failure or coronary syndrome. The second primary outcome was the number of nights spent in the hospital. The trial was stopped for efficacy after a median of 5.1 years of follow-up of 2789 patients. A first-primary-outcome event occurred in 249 patients with rhythm control (3.9/100 person-years) and in 316 patients with usual care (5.0/100 person-years) (HR; P = 0.005).
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research