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Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Real world experience from six European centers.

Rui Andre ProvidenciaCarlo de AsmundisJulian ChunGianbattista ChierchiaPascal DefayeFrédéric AnselmeAntonio CretaPier D LambiaseBoris SchmidtShaojie ChenRoss J HunterStephane CombesShohreh HonarbakhshNicolas CombesMaria Joao SousaZeynab JebberiJean-Paul AlbenqueSerge Boveda
Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)
Patients with reduced LVEF account for only a minority of patients undergoing catheter ablation of AF. However, ablation appears to be as safe as for the general population, and albeit the efficacy seems lower, this appears to be driven by other comorbidities or features, which are more frequent in this population.
Keyphrases
  • catheter ablation
  • atrial fibrillation
  • patients undergoing
  • left atrial
  • left atrial appendage
  • oral anticoagulants
  • direct oral anticoagulants
  • heart failure
  • acute coronary syndrome