Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in octogenarians.
Nikola A KozhuharovNabeela KarimAntonio CretaLisa W M LeungRick VeaseyArmin OsmanagicAnna KefalaMike PopeApostolos VouliotisSven KnechtPhilipp KrisaiPierre JaïsClaire MartinChristian SticherlingMatthew GinksWaqas UllahRichard BalasubramaniamManish KallaMark M GallagherRoss J HunterTom WongDhiraj GuptaPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2024)
Ablation for AF is effective in octogenarians, but is associated with slightly higher procedural complication rate and recurrence of atrial arrhythmia than in younger patients.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery disease
- free survival
- patient reported