AHA: Smart Pacing Cuts Afib Risk

Medpagetoday: 11/21/13

DALLAS — A pacemaker set to pace only when and where needed improved patient outcomes, particularly the risk of permanent atrial fibrillation, a trial showed.

The sophisticated predictive, right-ventricle sparing programming was associated with a 26% reduction in risk of death from any cause, cardiovascular-related hospitalization, or permanent afib compared with standard dual-chamber pacing (P=0.04), Giuseppe Boriani, MD, PhD, of the University of Bologna, Italy, and colleagues found. Read More