Catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation

EBM Verdict EBM Verdict on: Effect of catheter ablation vs antiarrhythmic drug therapy on mortality, stroke, bleeding, and cardiac arrest among patients with atrial fibrillation: the CABANA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2019 Mar 15. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0693. Catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation is effective at restoring sinus rhythm. Until recently, the prognostic effects of ablation have been unknown. The recent Catheter Ablation versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation trial compared catheter ablation with medical therapy and assessed the effect on disabling stroke, death and quality of life. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance, …