Clinical relevance of the blanking period on late recurrence after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Mariana Ribeiro SilvaGualter S SilvaSara Lopes FernandesJoão AlmeidaPaulo FonsecaMarco OliveiraHelena GonçalvesFrancisca SaraivaAntónio S BarrosPedro G TeixeiraRicardo L LopesFrancisco SampaioSílvia O DiazJoão PrimoRicardo Fontes-Carvalho

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)

The risk of LR after an index procedure of CA was significantly higher in patients with ER (five-fold increased risk). These results support the imperative need to clarify the clinical role of the blanking period.

Keyphrases

catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
left atrial
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
direct oral anticoagulants
heart failure
estrogen receptor
percutaneous coronary intervention
mitral valve
breast cancer cells
left ventricular