Left atrial hypertension and the risk of early incident heart failure after atrial fibrillation ablation.
Jasen L GilgeAsim S AhmedBrad A ClarkAlexander SlatenRahul DevathuJeffrey A OlsonBenzy J PadanilamGirish V NairSandeep A JoshiAshwin K RavichandranParin J PatelPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)
Patients with HF after AF ablation had higher LAP. MV disease, diuretic use, and class III antiarrhythmics also correlated to HF. These present opportunities to target future interventions to reduce a common complication of AF ablation.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- heart failure
- acute heart failure
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- blood pressure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- physical activity
- cardiovascular disease
- left ventricular
- radiofrequency ablation
- venous thromboembolism
- mitral valve
- current status
- cardiac resynchronization therapy