Rate control assessment
RECURRENCES
For the assessment of rate control adequacy, current cut‐off values from the ESC guidelines were used, i.e. optimal rate control during the initial AF episode and subsequent AF recurrences was defined as a target resting heart rate of <110 bpm. For the calculation of the median heart rate during AF recurrences for a specific patient, all heart rates of all recordings during AF recurrences from that patient were used.