Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Emmanuel AndroulakisCatrin SohrabiAlexandros BriasoulisConstantinos BakogiannisBunny SaberwalGerasimos SiasosDimitris TousoulisSyed AhsanNikolaos PapageorgiouPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
This meta-analysis is the first to focus on determining the benefits of a rhythm control strategy for patients with AF and HFpEF using CA, suggesting it may be worthwhile to investigate the effects of a CA rhythm control strategy as the default treatment of AF in HFpEF patients in randomized trials.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- systematic review
- direct oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- meta analyses
- functional connectivity
- heart rate
- mitral valve
- patient reported outcomes
- venous thromboembolism
- replacement therapy