Ablation for atrial fibrillation improves the outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Zhonglei XieBaozhen QiZimu WangFuhai LiChaofeng ChenChaofu LiShuai YuanShun YaoJingmin ZhouJunbo GePublished 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)
Among patients with HFpEF and AF, the strategy of AF ablation to maintain SR was associated with a lower risk of the composite outcome of all-cause death or rehospitalization for worsening heart failure.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- radiofrequency ablation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- type diabetes
- left ventricular
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- adipose tissue
- acute coronary syndrome
- glycemic control