Early arrhythmia recurrence after cryoballoon ablation in atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Dimitrios A VrachatisKonstantinos A PapathanasiouCharalampos KossyvakisDimitrios KazantzisSotiria G GiotakiGerasimos DeftereosJorge Sanz-SánchezKonstantinos RaisakisAndreas KaoukisDimitrios AvramidesVaia LambadiariGerasimos SiasosGeorgios V GiannopoulosSpyridon DeftereosPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)
Our findings suggest that early arrhythmia recurrence is predictive of late outcomes after cryoablation for atrial fibrillation. Identifying which patients deserve earlier reintervention is an open research avenue.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- end stage renal disease
- oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- direct oral anticoagulants
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- radiofrequency ablation
- patient reported outcomes
- prognostic factors
- acute coronary syndrome
- free survival
- left ventricular
- mitral valve