Impact of risk-factor modification on arrhythmia recurrence among morbidly obese patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation.
Eoin DonnellanOussama M WazniMohamed KanjMohamed ElshazlyAyman A HusseinDivyang R PatelKevin TrulockBryan WilnerBryan BaranowskiDaniel J CantillonNiraj VarmaWael JaberWalid I SalibaPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)
RFM through pragmatic noninvasive means such as blood pressure and glycemic control, sleep apnea screening and treatment, and weight loss is associated with substantially lower rates of recurrent arrhythmia among morbidly obese patients undergoing AF ablation.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- catheter ablation
- bariatric surgery
- glycemic control
- atrial fibrillation
- patients undergoing
- obese patients
- sleep apnea
- roux en y gastric bypass
- left atrial
- blood glucose
- gastric bypass
- blood pressure
- left atrial appendage
- type diabetes
- oral anticoagulants
- obstructive sleep apnea
- risk factors
- positive airway pressure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- heart rate
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- weight gain
- combination therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- study protocol
- insulin resistance
- randomized controlled trial
- free survival
- body mass index
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- left ventricular