Combined Radiofrequency Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Atrial Fibrillation and Systolic Heart Failure.
Jian SunRui ZhangMei YangWei LiPeng-Pai ZhangBin-Feng MoQun-Shan WangMu ChenYi-Gang LiPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Combining RFCA and LAAC achieves acceptable safety and credible long-term efficacy in AF patients with systolic HF. Further randomized studies are warranted in a larger patient cohort.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- radiofrequency ablation
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- acute heart failure
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- blood pressure
- double blind
- direct oral anticoagulants
- open label
- case report
- placebo controlled
- phase iii
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- clinical trial
- phase ii
- randomized controlled trial
- mitral valve
- coronary artery disease
- study protocol