#AHA20 – Two studies show lower rate of atrial fibrillation recurrence with catheter cryoballoon ablation than with antiarrhythmic drug therapy
18 Nov, 2020 | 09:11h | UTCStudy 1: Cryoballoon Ablation as Initial Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentaries: EARLY AF and STOP AF Put Electrophysiology at a Crossroads – Medscape (free registration required) AND EARLY-AF: First-line Ablation Beats Meds for Recent Paroxysmal A-fib – TCTMD
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
NEJM published 2 RCTs of #AFib ablation vs AF drugs.
The rub was that the ablation was done EARLY in the course.
Practice had been to try drugs first then do ablation.
EARLY AF and STOP AF studied the procedure early. #AHA20 Thread and my column >>— John Mandrola, MD (@drjohnm) November 18, 2020