Improvement in ventricular function with rhythm control of atrial arrhythmias may delay the need for atrioventricular valve surgery in adults with congenital heart disease.
Benjamin ZielonkaYuli Y KimGregory E SuppleSara L PartingtonEmily S RuckdeschelFrancis E MarchlinskiDavid S FrankelPublished in: Congenital heart disease (2019)
In ACHD patients with atrial arrhythmias and at least moderate-severe AVVR, a rhythm control strategy was associated with improved biventricular systolic function. This improvement in ventricular function and symptoms may allow valve surgery to be deferred.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- mitral valve
- aortic valve
- left atrial
- blood pressure
- heart rate
- early onset
- congenital heart disease
- surgical site infection
- coronary artery disease
- physical activity
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention