The impact of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation on the left atrial volume and function: study using three-dimensional echocardiography.
Jongmin HwangHyoung Seob ParkSeongwook HanSeung-Woon JunNa-Young KangJin-Hwa JeonSang-Woong ChoiCheol Hyun LeeIn Cheol KimYun-Kyeong ChoHyuck-Jun YoonHyungseop KimChang Wook NamSeung Ho HurPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2019)
In our study, even after 3 months of scar formation due to ablation, structural remodeling of the LA continued. The changes were more prominent in the non-recurrent, PeAF patients.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- end stage renal disease
- oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- wound healing
- patient reported