‘Ablate and pace’ reduces mortality in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis

'Ablate and CRT' reduced mortality in HF patients as compared with pharmacological therapy, which was supported by statistical associations in observational studies. A single RCT corroborated the finding.

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European Heart Journal Open
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2026-02-16
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeag020
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Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
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‘Ablate and pace’ reduces mortality in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis

Christian Lewinter, Frieder Braunschweig, Eslem Sögütlü, Robert Edfors et al.
European Heart Journal Open
Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
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‘Ablate and pace’ reduces mortality in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis

Christian Lewinter, Frieder Braunschweig, Eslem Sögütlü, Robert Edfors, Hannes Hagström, John G. F. Cleland, Martin LeWinter, Torsten Holm Nielsen, Lars Køber
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'Ablate and CRT' reduced mortality in HF patients as compared with pharmacological therapy, which was supported by statistical associations in observational studies. A single RCT corroborated the finding.

European Heart Journal OpenVol. 6(2)
Karolinska University Hospital (SE), Roskilde Sygehus (DK), Danish Medicines Agency (DK), Copenhagen University Hospital (DK), Rigshospitalet (DK), Karolinska Institutet (SE), Zealand University Hospital (DK), White River Junction VA Medical Center (US), University of Glasgow (GB)
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‘Ablate and pace’ reduces mortality in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis — Christian Lewinter, Frieder Braunschweig, et al. · European Heart Journal Open (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS