Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with autoimmune disease: A propensity score matching study based on the China Atrial Fibrillation Registry

• Published in: Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 46; no. 7; pp. 801 - 809
• Main Authors: Gao, Ming‐Yang, Huang, Li‐Hong, Lai, Yi‐Wei, Guo, Qi, Guo, Xue‐Yuan, Li, Song‐Nan, Jiang, Chen‐Xi, Liu, Nian, He, Liu, Li, Xu, Tang, Ri‐Bo, Du, Xin, Long, De‐Yong, Sang, Cai‐Hua, Dong, Jian‐Zeng, Ma, Chang‐Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Ablation; atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - complications; Atrial Fibrillation - diagnosis; Atrial Fibrillation - surgery; autoimmune disease; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; catheter ablation; Catheter Ablation - adverse effects; Catheter Ablation - methods; Catheters; Clinical Trial Result; Connective tissue; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart; Humans; Propensity Score; Psoriasis; Pulmonary arteries; Recurrence; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sinuses; Statistical analysis; Survival analysis; Treatment Outcome; Vein & artery diseases; China; recurrence; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; autoimmune disease

Background Evidence on outcomes of catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with autoimmune disease (AD) is limited. Hypothesis Patients with AD had worse outcomes after CA procedures for AF. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed in patients undergoing AF ablation bet...