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Does Heart Rate Affect Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Kirsten E. Fleischmann

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Lower heart rates are associated with better outcomes in patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm (SR). Is the same true for heart failure patients in atrial fibrillation (AF)? Between 1999 and 2010, investigators in the U.K. assessed 2039 patients with heart failure and left ventricle ejection fractions of ≤50%, 24% of whom were in AF at baseline. Of these, 841 were restudied after 1 year of treatment optimization; …

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Key concepts: Medicine, Heart failure, Atrial fibrillation, Cardiology, Internal medicine, Sinus rhythm, Ventricle, Ejection fraction