When would you consider proceeding with antiarrhythmic drug load concurrently with DCCV as opposed to DCCV alone in patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation?
Answer from: at Community Practice
There is no expert consensus. If we are dealing with a first episode of AF, and we know that the arrhythmia has a short duration and the anatomic substrate is not severe, I would proceed with cardioversion alone. After all, we learned from AFFIRM that many patients randomized to "rate control" after...
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at Yale Medicine I agree that most patients can be treated without ...
at Albany Associates In Cardiology The CHANGE AF trial will investigate this question...
I agree that most patients can be treated without ...
The CHANGE AF trial will investigate this question...