A high BNP level predicts an improvement in exercise tolerance after a successful catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.
Yoshinori KatsumataYuichi TamuraTakehiro KimuraShun KohsakaTaketaro SadahiroTakahiko NishiyamaYoshiyasu AizawaKoichiro AzumaKeiichi FukudaSeiji TakatsukiPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)
Elimination of persistent AF by CA was associated with an improvement in exercise tolerance. This was particularly true in patients with high BNP values at baseline.