Factors associated with silent cerebral events during atrial fibrillation ablation in patients on uninterrupted oral anticoagulation.
Masahide HaradaYuji MotoikeYoshihiro NomuraAsuka NishimuraMasayuki KoshikawaKazuhiro MurayamaYoshiharu OhnoEiichi WatanabeYukio OzakiHideo IzawaPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)
Age, LAD, and intraprocedural ACT kinetics significantly affect SCEs during AF ablation. Different anticoagulants have different impacts on ACT during the procedure, which should be considered when estimating the risk of SCEs.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- end stage renal disease
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- venous thromboembolism
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- coronary artery disease
- radiofrequency ablation
- patient reported outcomes