Sex-based differences in atrial fibrillation ablation adverse events.
Reed MszarDaniel J FriedmanEmily OngChengan DuYongfei WangEmily P ZeitlerShayna D CunninghamJoseph AkarJeptha P CurtisJames V FreemanPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)
Among almost 60 000 patients in the largest prospective registry of AF ablation procedures, female sex was independently associated with a higher risk of hospitalisation >1 day, adverse events, and reduced quality of life, although there were no differences in death or acute pulmonary vein isolation.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- liver failure
- left atrial
- radiofrequency ablation
- respiratory failure
- patient reported outcomes
- intensive care unit
- drug induced
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome