Association between body mass index and results of cryoballoon ablation in Korean patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the Korean Heart Rhythm Society Cryoablation registry.

Hyun Jin Ahn Il-Young Oh Jung-Min Choi Kyung-Yeon Lee Hyo-Jeong Ahn Soonil Kwon Eue-Keun Choi Seil Oh Yong-Seog Oh Myung Jin Cha Chang Hee Kwon Sung Ho Lee Junbeom Park Ki Hun Kim Pil Sung Yang Jun-Hyung Kim Jaemin Shim Hong Euy Lim So Ryoung Lee

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)

Underweight patients showed a higher risk of AF recurrence after cryoablation compared with NW patients. Also, careful attention is needed on the occurrence of phrenic nerve palsy in UW patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
atrial fibrillation
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
heart failure
patient reported outcomes
peripheral nerve