A23-3 VVIR pacing versus DDDR pacing in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation after AV node ablation

Persistent Atrial Fibrillation is Associated with a Poor Prognosis in Patients with Atrioventricular Block and Dual‐Chamber Pacemaker

“…Secondary outcomes were a first occurrence of hospitalization for heart failure, a first nonfatal stroke, and a first occurrence of paroxysmal AF episode. Cardiovascular death was defined as any death that did not have a clear noncardiovascular cause, such as trauma, cancer, infection, or respiratory failure 23 . Heart failure was defined as an episode of congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization, as ascertained by evidence of either interstitial or alveolar edema on chest x‐ray.…”