Effectiveness and Safety of Early Rhythm Control in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease - PubMed
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- Early rhythm control (ERC) reduces cardiovascular events in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) without significant interaction, suggesting effectiveness across groups.
- Patients with CKD are older, have higher stroke risk scores, and experience more AF recurrences and safety events under usual care, but ERC remains safe and effective.
- ERC significantly lowered the primary composite outcome of cardiovascular death, stroke, heart failure hospitalization, or acute coronary syndrome in both CKD and non-CKD groups.