Impact of re-definition of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation in the 2012 and 2016 European Society of Cardiology atrial fibrillation guidelines on outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation.
Karolina WeinmannDeniz AktolgaAlexander PottCarlo BothnerManuel RattkaTilman StephanWolfgang RottbauerTillman DahmePublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2020)
The revised definition of AF types in the 2016 ESC AF guidelines leads to a marked shift from persistent to paroxysmal AF. It appears that the old definition provided a better separator to predict rhythm outcome after AF ablation.