Original Article A Randomized Controlled Trial of Catheter Ablation Versus Medical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure (The CAMTAF Trial) Ross J. Hunter, MRCP, PhD; Thomas J. Berriman, MBBS; Ihab Diab, MD, MRCP; Ravindu Kamdar, MD, MRCP; Laura Richmond, MSc; Victoria Baker, MSc; Farai Goromonzi, MSc; Vinit Sawhney, MRCP; Edward Duncan, MRCP, PhD; Stephen P. Page, MD, MRCP; Waqas Ullah, MRCP; Beth Unsworth, PhD; Jamil Mayet, MD, FESC; Mehul Dhinoja, FRCP; Mark J. Earley, MD, FRCP; Simon Sporton, MD, FRCP; Richard J. Schilling, MD, FRCP
Downloaded from http://circep.ahajournals.org/ by guest on May 25, 2018
Background—Restoring sinus rhythm in patients with heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) may improve left ventricular (LV) function and HF symptoms. We sought to compare the effect of a catheter ablation strategy with that of a medical rate control strategy in patients with persistent AF and HF. Methods and Results—Patients with persistent AF, symptomatic HF, and LV ejection fraction
Downloaded from http://circep.ahajournals.org/ by guest on May 25, 2018
Background—Restoring sinus rhythm in patients with heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) may improve left ventricular (LV) function and HF symptoms. We sought to compare the effect of a catheter ablation strategy with that of a medical rate control strategy in patients with persistent AF and HF. Methods and Results—Patients with persistent AF, symptomatic HF, and LV ejection fraction
