The AFFIRM Investigators. A comparison of rate control and ...

amiodarone and the majority of patients started with amiodarone or sotalol) or rate control (with beta blockers, calcium channel blockers or digoxin). Patients were followed for a mean of 3.5 years. Primary analysis demonstrated a trend toward mortality benefit in the rate control group (hazard ratio 1.15 with 95% confidence interval 0.99 to 1.34). ................
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