Withdrawal of heart failure therapy after atrial fibrillation rhythm control with ejection fraction normalization: the WITHDRAW-AF trial
Withdrawal of HF therapy following AF rhythm control for prior AFCM and recovered LVEF was not associated with a decline in LVEF for most patients in the following 6 months.
Authors
- Shane Nanayakkara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-6588)
- David M. Kaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4058-0372)
- Jeremy William (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-211X)
- Sandeep Prabhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2694-2245)
- Aleksandr Voskoboinik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6990-302X)
- Kenneth Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8115-3874)
- James Hare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6438-1867)
- Liang‐Han Ling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8393-2337)
- Andrew Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8491-9967)
- Joseph B. Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1778-3729)
- Hariharan Sugumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-0413)
- Sonia Azzopardi
- Christopher M. Reid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9173-3944)
- Louise Segan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5585-6146)
- Jonathan M. Kalman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6618-7184)
- Justin A. Mariani
- B. Costello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0560-8691)
- Stephen Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7171-3356)
- Peter M. Kistler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5369-5844)
- David Chieng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4164-0923)
- Ziporah Nderitu
- Geoffrey Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5857-3520)
- Rose Crowley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4014-5307)
- Manuja Premaratne
- Annie Curtin
- A. McLellan
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Richmond Hospital (CA)
- Musgrave Park Hospital (GB)
- Epworth Hospital (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Cabrini Hospital (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Gastroenterological Society of Australia (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal
- Published
- 2025-07-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf563
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.88
Funders
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute