Impact of obesity on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Patient characteristics, procedural complications, outcomes, and quality of life.
Chadi TabajaArwa YounisPasquale SantageliMedhat FarwatiLorenzo BraghieriHiroshi NakagawaWalid I SalibaRuth MaddenPatricia BouscherMohamed KanjThomas D CallahanDavid MartinMandeep BhargavaMina K ChungBryan BaranowskiShady NakhlaJakub SroubekJustin LeeTyler TaigenOussama M WazniAyman A HusseinPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2023)
AF ablation is safe with a low complication rate across all BMI groups. Morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40) was significantly associated with reduced AF ablation success. However, ablation resulted in improvement in QoL including reduction of the AFSS, and AF burden regardless of BMI.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- weight gain
- left atrial
- body mass index
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- direct oral anticoagulants
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- high fat diet induced
- bariatric surgery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- risk factors
- case report
- acute coronary syndrome
- physical activity
- obese patients
- mitral valve
- venous thromboembolism