Effects of Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation on Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Patients With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Long-term outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy are worse in patients who require atrioventricular junction ablation for atrial fibrillation than in those with sinus rhythm

(2013) Ewa Jędrzejczyk-Patej et al.   Cardiology Journal

Complete atrioventricular block does not reduce long-term mortality in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2013) José M. Tolosana et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Is Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy an Antiarrhythmic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2013) Paul L. Hess et al.   Current Cardiology Reports

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Jeff S. Healey et al.   Circulation-Heart Failure

ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2012 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

(2012) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. Is it mandatory to ablate the atrioventricular junction to obtain a good response?

(2012) José María Tolosana et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Role of AV Nodal Ablation in Cardiac Resynchronization in Patients With Coexistent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

(2012) Anand N. Ganesan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

A Strategy to Achieve CRT Response in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation without Obligatory Atrioventricular Node Ablation

(2012) FRANK HIMMEL et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and the relationship of percent biventricular pacing to symptoms and survival

(2011) David L. Hayes et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with versus those without atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) Stephen B. Wilton et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness and Safety of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Versus Without Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

(2010) Stephen B. Wilton et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

2010 Focused Update of ESC Guidelines on device therapy in heart failure

(2010) et al.   EUROPACE

Atrioventricular nodal ablation predicts survival benefit in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2010) Kan Dong et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation

(2009) M. Gasparini et al.   EUROPACE

Heart Failure Decompensation and All-Cause Mortality in Relation to Percent Biventricular Pacing in Patients With Heart Failure

(2009) Bruce A. Koplan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The Utility of 12-Lead Holter Monitoring in Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation for the Identification of Nonresponders After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2009) Ganesh S. Kamath et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Insights From a Cardiac Resynchronization Optimization Clinic as Part of a Heart Failure Disease Management Program

(2009) Wilfried Mullens et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Comparison of Benefits and Mortality in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Patients in Sinus Rhythm (Results of the Spanish Atrial Fibrillation and Resynchronization [SPARE] Study)

(2008) Jose Maria Tolosana et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in atrial fibrillation patients vs. patients in sinus rhythm: the role of atrioventricular junction ablation

(2008) A. M. Ferreira et al.   EUROPACE

Long-term survival in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of performing atrio-ventricular junction ablation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

(2008) M. Gasparini et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Cardiac Resynchronization in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Gaurav A. Upadhyay et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

(2008) Denis Roy et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE