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Date:7/6/2009

ation through 7 days post-treatment with the approved ablation catheters. The study will also collect data on long term safety (adverse events) data, such as death, stroke, myocardial infarction, clinically manifested pulmonary vein stenosis, etc., at 5 years post-treatment. The second PAS is a subgroup analysis from an ongoing larger study that will look at the incidence of stroke, and compare the 3-year incidence of stroke between patients treated with the approved ablation catheters versus patients treated with medication. This study will analyze total mortality, serious bleeding and cardiac arrest.

Also, last week, the FDA approved a new medication, dronedarone, for treatment of atrial fibrillation. For more information go to: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm170276.htm.

AHRQ's new report, Comparative Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, is the newest analysis from the Agency's Effective Health Care program. That program, authorized by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, represents an important federal effort to compare alternative treatments for health conditions and make the findings public. The program is intended to help patients, doctors, nurses, and others choose the most effective treatments. Information, including the new report, can be found at http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov.

Editor's Note: Use Twitter to get AHRQ news updates: www.twitter.com/ahrqnews.

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