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abstract: Recent prospective trials of pacing in atrial fibrillation are inconclusive. A substantial suppression of atrial tachyarrhythmias has been observed in patients with brady-tachy-syndrome and high rate of paced vs. intrinsic beats. An improvement in prognosis, incidence of thromboembolism, rehospitalization and improvement in heart failure have been controversally described in different trials. The quality of life improves in most studies in physiologic pacing. This paper presents a short overview on published and ongoing trials in pacing of atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik för Kardiologie, Angiologie und Pneumologie Otto-von-Guericke Universitöt Magdeburg Leipzigerstrasse 44 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mittag
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sonne
authors.forename: Helmut U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Klein