Sinus heart rate post pulmonary vein ablation and long-term risk of recurrences.
Gesa von OlshausenOtt SaluveerJonas SchwielerNikola DrcaHamid BastaniJari TapanainenTara BourkeAstrid Paul-NordinGöran KennebäckPer InsulanderMats Jensen-UrstadFrieder BraunschweigPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2020)
Our study confirms the impact of PVI on cardiac autonomic function with a significant sinus heart rate increase post-ablation. Patients with a sinus heart rate change < 11 bpm (PRE to 3 M) are at higher risk for recurrences during one-year post-PVI.