P-wave duration and atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Stergios IntzesKonstantinos ZagoridisMarianthi SymeonidouEmmanouil SpanoudakisArash AryaBorislav DinovNikolaos Dagres Gerhard Hindricks Andreas BollmannEmmanuel KanoupakisEmmanuel M Kanoupakis Sotirios Nedios

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)

P-wave duration is an independent predictor for AF recurrence after left atrium ablation. The AFr risk is increasing exponentially with PWD prolongation. This could facilitate risk stratification by identifying high-risk patients (aIAB, PWD > 150 ms) and adjusting follow up or interventions.

Keyphrases

catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
left atrial
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
end stage renal disease
heart failure
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
direct oral anticoagulants
multiple sclerosis
mass spectrometry
ms ms
physical activity
prognostic factors
inferior vena cava
pulmonary artery