Outcomes of atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with or without silent pulmonary veins from prior ablation procedure.
Jose AguileraErika HuttSimrat KaurWalid I SalibaKhaldoun G TarakjiBryan BaranowskiMandeep BhargavaMohamed KanjDaniel J CantillonJohn RickardJakub SroubekHiroshi NakagawaOussama M WazniAyman A HusseinPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)
Rhythm control with extensive ablation allowed maintenance of sinus rhythm in about two thirds of patients with silent PVs during redo AF ablation procedures. Regardless of PV reconnection status, redo ablation resulted in improvement in quality of life. This remains a challenging group of patients, highlighting the need to better understand non-PV mediated AF.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- radiofrequency ablation
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart rate
- aortic valve replacement
- minimally invasive
- prognostic factors
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis