Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation: the 9th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference.
Dominik K LinzJason A GencherElena ArbeloGiuseppe BorianiGuenter BreithardtAlan John CammValeria CasoJens Cosedis NielsenMirko De MelisTom J R De PotterWolfgang DichtlSøren Zoega DiederichsenDobromir DobrevNicolas DollDavid DunckerElke DworatzekLars EckardtChristoph EisertLarissa FabritzMichal Miroslaw FarkowskiDavid Filgueiras-RamaAndreas GoetteEduard GuaschGuido HackStéphane N HatemKarl Georg HaeuslerJeffrey S HealeyHein HeidbuchelZiad HijaziLucas H HofmeisterLeif Hove-MadsenThomas HuebnerStefan KääbDipak KotechaKatarzyna Malaczynska-RajpoldJosè Luis MerinoAndreas MetznerLluis MontGhulam Andre NgMichael OeffAbdul Shokor ParwaniHelmut PürerfellnerUrsula RavensMichiel RienstraPrashanthan SandersDaniel ScherrRenate B SchnabelUlrich SchottenChristian SohnsGerhard SteinbeckDaniel StevenTobias ToennisStylianos TzeisIsabelle C Van GelderRoderick H van LeerdamKevin VernooyManish WadhwaReza WakiliStephan WillemsHenning WittStef ZeemeringPaulus F KirchhofPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)
Patients with AF and a low arrhythmia burden have a lower risk of stroke and other cardiovascular events than those with a high arrhythmia burden. Combining active rhythm control, anticoagulation, rate control, and therapy of concomitant cardiovascular conditions can improve the lives of patients with AF.