Geographic and racial representation and reported success rates of studies of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Findings from the SMASH-AF meta-analysis study cohort.
George C LeefAlexander C PerinoAndrew CluckeyFahd N YunusMariam AskariPaul A HeidenreichSanjiv M NarayanPaul J WangMintu P TurakhiaPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
Studies of AF ablation have substantial variation in patient demographics, study design, and reported outcomes by country. There is limited geographic representation of trials and observational studies of AF ablation and a paucity of race- or ethnicity-stratified results. Future AF ablation studies and registries should aim to have broad representation by race, geography, and ethnicity to ensure generalizability.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- case control
- oral anticoagulants
- systematic review
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- case report
- meta analyses
- current status
- neural network
- coronary artery disease
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- radiofrequency ablation