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Randomized trial of rate-control versus rhythm-control in persistent atrial fibrillation

The Strategies of Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (STAF) study

J.örg Carlsson, MD, FESC^*,*, Sinisa Miketic, MD^*, J.ürgen Windeler, MD, Alessandro Cuneo, MD^*, Sebastian Haun, MD^*, Stefan Micus, MD^*, Sabine Walter, MD^*, Ulrich Tebbe, MD, FESC^* STAF Investigators

^* Department of Internal Medicine II, Klinikum Lippe, Detmold, Germany
Department of Evidence-Based Medicine, Medizinischer Dienst der Spitzenverbände der Krankenkassen e.V., Essen, Germany

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier estimates of the probability of end-point-free survival in the rhythm-control group and the rate-control group (treatment strategies).

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier estimates of the probability of end-point-free survival in the sinus rhythm group and the atrial fibrillation group (actual heart rhythm).