Short-term benefit of early rhythm control for atrial fibrillation: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial

Julius Obergassel; Anna Suling; Katrin Borof; Alan John Camm; Harry J G M Crijns; Lars Eckardt; Larissa Fabritz; Andreas Goette; Märit Jensen; Marc Daniel Lemoine; Christina Magnussen; Andreas Metzner; Andreas Rillig; Ulrich Schotten; Renate Schnabel; Götz Thomalla; Panos Vardas; Reza Wakili; Stephan Willems; Antonia Zapf; Paulus Kirchhof; Benedikt Schrage

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf397

Short-term benefit of early rhythm control for atrial fibrillation: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial

Julius Obergassel
, Anna Suling
, Katrin Borof
, Alan John Camm
, Harry J G M Crijns
, Lars Eckardt
, Larissa Fabritz
, Andreas Goette
, Märit Jensen
, Marc Daniel Lemoine
, Christina Magnussen
, Andreas Metzner
, Andreas Rillig
, Ulrich Schotten
, Renate Schnabel
, Götz Thomalla
, Panos Vardas
, Reza Wakili
, Stephan Willems
, Antonia Zapf

Paulus Kirchhof, Benedikt Schrage^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3663-3666
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Heart Journal
Volume	46
Issue number	37
Early online date	10 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf397
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2025

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Obergassel, J., Suling, A., Borof, K., Camm, A. J., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Eckardt, L., Fabritz, L., Goette, A., Jensen, M., Lemoine, M. D., Magnussen, C., Metzner, A., Rillig, A., Schotten, U., Schnabel, R., Thomalla, G., Vardas, P., Wakili, R., Willems, S., ... Schrage, B. (2025). Short-term benefit of early rhythm control for atrial fibrillation: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial. European Heart Journal, 46(37), 3663-3666. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf397

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