Catheter ablation and antiarrhythmic drug therapy as first- or second-line therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation: systematic review and meta-analysis Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Khan, Abdu R; Khan, Sobia; Sheikh, Mujeeb A; Khuder, Sadik; Grubb, Blair; Moukarbel, George V

description

  • The optimal management of atrial fibrillation remains unclear. We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to examine the safety and the efficacy of catheter ablation (CA) when compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy both as first- and second-line therapy for the maintenance of sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation.

authors

publication date

  • 2014

published in

start page

  • 853

end page

  • 60

volume

  • 7