PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hand, Larry
ED  - Mont, Lluis
TI  - Catheter Ablation Yields Greater Benefits Than Drugs in SARA Study
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 14--14
VI  - 13
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/14.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/14.full
AB  - In a trial with only persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) patients, as opposed to a combination of PeAF and paroxysmal AF patients, catheter ablation had significantly better results at 12-month follow-up than antiarrhythmic drug treatment. This article presents the results of the Study of Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation [SARA; NCT00863213].