Prognostic impact of catheter ablation in patients with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation.
Tetsuma KawajiSatoshi ShizutaMunekazu TanakaShushi NishiwakiTakanori AizawaShintaro YamagamiAkihiro KomasaTakashi YoshizawaMasashi KatoTakafumi YokomatsuShinji MikiKoh OnoTakeshi KimuraPublished in: PloS one (2022)
In the post-hoc analysis of the matched AF cohort, catheter ablation as compared with conservative management was associated with better long-term clinical outcomes among asymptomatic AF patients only when the previous AF-related complications were present.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- venous thromboembolism