Safety of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in the octogenarian population.
Jorge E RomeroGbolahan OgunbayoSamy C ElayiYousef DarratSaul A RiosJuan C DiazIsabella AlvizLuis CernaMohamed GabrElizabeth ChernobelskySanghamitra MohantyChintan G TrivediDomenico G Della RoccaSanghamitra MohantyLuigi Di BiasePublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)
Catheter ablation for AF in octogenarians does not confer a higher mortality risk than in those less than 80 years old. The procedure is associated with a higher rate of overall complications but there was no difference in terms of major complications or death. The presence of anemia, CKD or pulmonary disease were predictors of major complications in octogenarians.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- minimally invasive
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease