Ablation for atrial fibrillation improves the outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Zhonglei XieBaozhen QiZimu WangFuhai LiChaofeng ChenChaofu LiShuai YuanShun YaoJingmin Zhou Jun-Bo Ge

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)

Among patients with HFpEF and AF, the strategy of AF ablation to maintain SR was associated with a lower risk of the composite outcome of all-cause death or rehospitalization for worsening heart failure.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
heart failure
left atrial
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
direct oral anticoagulants
radiofrequency ablation
percutaneous coronary intervention
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
acute coronary syndrome
cardiac resynchronization therapy
mitral valve