Rate-control versus Rhythm-control Strategies and Outcomes in Septuagenarians with Atrial Fibrillation Nasir Shariff, MD, Ravi V. Desai, MD, Kanan Patel, MBBS, MPH, Mustafa I. Ahmed, MD, Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Michael W. Rich, MD, Inmaculada B. Aban, PhD, Maciej Banach, MD, PhD, Thomas E. Love, PhD, Michel White, MD, Wilbert S. Aronow, MD, Andrew E. Epstein, MD, Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH The American Journal of Medicine Volume 126, Issue 10, Pages 887-893 (October 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.021 Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Absolute standardized differences comparing baseline characteristics of the subset of AFFIRM patients 70-80 years of age with atrial fibrillation randomized to rate-control versus rhythm-control strategies, before and after propensity score matching. The American Journal of Medicine 2013 126, 887-893DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.021) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier plot for all-cause mortality among a propensity-matched subset of AFFIRM patients aged 70-80 years with atrial fibrillation, by rate-control versus rhythm-control strategies. CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio. The American Journal of Medicine 2013 126, 887-893DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.021) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Effect of a rate-control (vs rhythm-control) strategy on all-cause mortality in subgroups of propensity-matched subset of AFFIRM patients aged 70-80 years with atrial fibrillation. CI = confidence interval. The American Journal of Medicine 2013 126, 887-893DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.021) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions