Catheter ablation improved ejection fraction in persistent AF patients: a DECAAF-II sub analysis.

Mario Mekhael Botao Shan Charbel Noujaim Nour Chouman Ala' Assaf Hadi Younes Abdel-Hadi El HajjarLilas DagherHan Feng Hua HeCong ZhaoOmar Kreidieh Chan Ho Lim Chao Huang Tarek Ayyoub Eugene G Kholmovski Mihail G Chelu Nassir F Marrouche Eoin Donnellan

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)

Atrial fibrillation burden and recurrence after CA is similar between non-CHF and CHF patients, independent of the type of CHF. Of all CHF groups, those with HFrEF had the largest improvement in LVEF after CA. Moreover, the improvement in ventricular function seems to be independent of atrial fibrosis in patients with persistent AF.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
end stage renal disease
aortic stenosis
chronic kidney disease
left atrial appendage
heart failure
direct oral anticoagulants
left ventricular
percutaneous coronary intervention
patient reported outcomes
coronary artery disease