Comparison of prognosis and outcomes of catheter ablation versus drug therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and stable coronary artery disease: A prospective propensity‐score matched cohort study

• Published in: Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 44; no. 10; pp. 1422 - 1431
• Main Authors: Cui, Yi‐Kai, Dong, Jian‐Zeng, Du, Xin, Hu, Rong, He, Liu, Jia, Chang‐Qi, Li, Xu, Wu, Jia‐Hui, Yu, Rong‐Hui, Long, De‐Yong, Ning, Man, Sang, Cai‐Hua, Jiang, Chen‐Xi, Bai, Rong, Wen, Song‐Nan, Liu, Nian, Li, Song‐Nan, Wang, Wei, Guo, Xue‐Yuan, Zhao, Xin, Zuo, Song, Chen, Xuan, Huang, Shu‐Tao, Wu, Hao‐Sheng, Tang, Ri‐Bo, Ma, Chang‐Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.10.2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Ablation; Anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; catheter ablation; Catheters; Clinical Investigations; Cohort analysis; coronary artery disease; Coronary vessels; Diabetes; Drug therapy; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Medical prognosis; Normal distribution; Patients; Physicians; Stroke; Survival analysis; Thromboembolism

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) frequently coexist. Hypothesis To investigate the prognosis of catheter ablation versus drug therapy in patients with AF and SCAD. Methods In total, 25 512 patients with AF in the Chinese AF Registry between 2011 and 2019...