Lenient versus Strict Rate Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
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- 15 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 362 (15) , 1363-1373
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1001337
Abstract
Rate control is often the therapy of choice for atrial fibrillation. Guidelines recommend strict rate control, but this is not based on clinical evidence. We hypothesized that lenient rate control is not inferior to strict rate control for preventing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation.Keywords
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