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A new pacemaker algorithm for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

Results of the Atrial Dynamic Overdrive Pacing Trial (ADOPT)

Mark D. Carlson, MD, MA^*,*, John Ip, MD, John Messenger, MD, Scott Beau, MD, Steven Kalbfleisch, MD^||, Pierre Gervais, MD^¶, Douglas A. Cameron, MD^#, Aurelio Duran, MD^**, Jesus Val-Mejias, MD, Judith Mackall, MD^*, Michael Gold, MD, PhD ADOPT Investigators

^* Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Medical School and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute, Lansing, Michigan, USA
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, California, USA
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
^|| Mid Ohio Cardiology, Columbus, Ohio, USA
^¶ Hospital St. Joseph, Trois-Rivieres, Canada
^# Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
^** Orlando Heart Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
St. Francis ICT, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Reduction in episodes of symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Atrial fibrillation declined in the population as a whole, and slightly more so in the treatment group. Open bars = control; solid bars = treatment.