Rate control efficacy in permanent atrial fibrillation: Successful and failed strict rate control against a background of lenient rate control: Data from RACE II (Rate Control Efficacy in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 741-748

  Groenveld, Hessel F ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^b,c   Crijns, Harry J G M ^d   Van Den Berg, Maarten P ^a   Hillege, Hans L ^a   Alings, Marco ^e   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a   Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; outcome; quality of life; rate control

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBOLISM; EXERCISE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE CONTROL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTING HEART RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873686125     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.038     Document Type: Article

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