APAF-CRT: 'Ablate and Pace' Cuts Mortality in HF, Permanent AF

Heart block by ablation plus CRT emerged as far better than rate-control drug therapy for the trial's narrow-QRS patients with severely symptomatic, permanent AF and a past HF hospitalization.

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