Increased rates of atrial fibrillation recurrence following pulmonary vein isolation in overweight and obese patients.
Bhradeev SivasambuMuhammad A BalouchTarek ZghaibRizma J BajwaJonathan ChrispinRonald D BergerHiroshi AshikagaSaman NazarianJoseph E MarineHugh CalkinsDavid D SpraggPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2017)
AF recurrence after catheter ablation is higher in overweight, obese, and morbidly obese patients comparing to normal-weight controls, driven primarily by outcomes differences in paroxysmal AF patients. Complications were not associated with increased BMI.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- obese patients
- bariatric surgery
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- weight loss
- left atrial
- prognostic factors
- oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- left atrial appendage
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- risk factors
- roux en y gastric bypass
- direct oral anticoagulants
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- gastric bypass
- patient reported