Catheter ablation and mortality, stroke and heart failure readmission with atrial fibrillation.
Jannik Langtved PallisgaardMorten Lock HansenAnne-Marie SchjerningArne JohannessenThomas Alexander GerdsFinn GustafssonGunnar Hilmar GislasonChriatian Torp-PedersenPeter Karl JacobsenSøren Lund KristensenLars KoeberAnders MunchMorten SchouPublished in: Open heart (2020)
Ablation was associated with decreased risk of HF readmission, stroke and all-cause mortality in patients with AF and HF. The effect is most substantial in patients with AF before HF and with catheter ablation after 1 year from the diagnosis of both conditions.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- acute heart failure
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- brain injury
- blood brain barrier