Predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation in patients with heart failure: Validity of the APPLE and CAAP-AF risk scoring systems.
Eric Black-MaierAlice ParishBenjamin A SteinbergCynthia L GreenZak LoringAdam S BarnettSana M Al-KhatibBrett D AtwaterJames P DaubertCamille Frazier-MillsDonald D HeglandKevin P JacksonLarry R JacksonJason KoontzRobert K LewisSean D PokorneyAlbert Y SunKevin L ThomasTristam D BahnsonJonathan P PicciniPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2019)
Validated predictive risk scores for recurrent AF after catheter ablation exhibit limited predictive ability in cohorts of AF and HF. Additional tools are needed to facilitate risk stratification and patient selection for AF ablation in patients with concomitant HF.