Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Does Not Prevent Atrial Fibrillation But Atrial Fibrillation Prevents Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Adversely Impacts Outcomes

JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Sep;4(9):1235-1237. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.06.009.

Authors

Leslie A Saxon¹, Jacqueline Schwartz²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: saxon@usc.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

PMID: 30236399
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.06.009

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; biventricular pacing rate; cardiac resynchronization therapy; clinical outcome; heart failure.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy*
Catheter Ablation*
Heart Failure*
Humans