Should Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation be a Priority in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction?
Allan C Skanes, Mouhannad M Sadek, Anthony SL Tang
European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. 2022;8(1):20-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17925/EJAE.2022.8.1.20
Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are inexorably linked. They frequently coexist and share common risk factors, including ageing, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, sleep apnoea and coronary disease.1–4 Over half of patients with HF develop AF at some point,5 and when AF occurs, it is associated with an increase in total mortality of up to 40%.6 In addition, […]