Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation reduces heart failure rehospitalization in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Akira FukuiTomomi TaninoTakanori YamaguchiKei HirotaShotaro SaitoNorihiro OkadaHidefumi AkiokaTetsuji ShinoharaKunio YufuNaohiko Takahashi

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)

Catheter ablation of AF reduced HF rehospitalization compared with conventional pharmacotherapy in patients with HFpEF in our institute. Multicenter randomized study is warranted to confirm the result.

Keyphrases

catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
heart failure
left atrial
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
direct oral anticoagulants
acute heart failure
smoking cessation
cross sectional
double blind
left ventricular
cardiac resynchronization therapy
venous thromboembolism