Cigarette smoking causes a worse long-term outcome in persistent atrial fibrillation following catheter ablation.
Wen-Han ChengLi-Wei LoYenn-Jiang LinShih-Lin ChangYu Feng HuYuan HungFa-Po ChungTing-Yung ChangTing-Chung HuangShinya YamadaSimon SalimAbigail Louise D TeJo-Nan LiaoTa-Chuan TuanTze Fan ChaoTsung-Ying TsaiShin-Huei LiuShih-Ann ChenPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
Smoking increases the incidence of NPV triggers in patients with persistent AF. Smokers who have RA-NPV triggers during index procedure do have a worse outcome after catheter ablation, indicating the harmful effects of nicotine to right atrium.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- smoking cessation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- rheumatoid arthritis
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- minimally invasive
- disease activity
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery
- pulmonary embolism
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis