Improvement in the quality of life of patients with persistent or long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation after hybrid ablation.

Pavel OsmancikPetr BuderaDavid TalaveraDalibor HermanJana VeselaRadka ProchazkovaVitalii RizovPetr Kacer

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2019)

The QoL of patients with non-paroxysmal AF and patients with AF paroxysms, after successful hybrid ablation, improved significantly in patients with SR. No significant improvement was present in patients on rate control after an unsuccessful ablation.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
left atrial
end stage renal disease
oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
ejection fraction
direct oral anticoagulants
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
radiofrequency ablation
prognostic factors
coronary artery disease
mitral valve