Cryoablation of atrial fibrillation in "very severe" obese patients (BMI ≥ 40): Indications, feasibility, procedural safety and efficacy, and clinical outcome (the ICE-Obese Extreme).
Lukas UrbanekBoris SchmidtStefano BordignonDavid SchaackRamin EbrahimiShota TohokuJun HirokamiTolga Han EfeKarin PlankBritta Schulte-HahnBernd NowakJulian K R ChunShaojie ChenPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2024)
For very severe obese AF patients, CBA appears feasible, leads to relatively good clinical outcome.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- bariatric surgery
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- weight loss
- gastric bypass
- roux en y gastric bypass
- adipose tissue
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- early onset
- body mass index
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- climate change
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- drug induced