Management and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in 241 healthy children and young adults: Revisiting “lone” atrial fibrillation—A multi-institutional PACES collaborative study

• Published in: Heart rhythm Vol. 18; no. 11; pp. 1815 - 1822
• Main Authors: El Assaad, Iqbal, Hammond, Benjamin H., Kost, Lukas D., Worley, Sarah, Janson, Christopher M., Sherwin, Elizabeth D., Stephenson, Elizabeth A., Johnsrude, Christopher L., Niu, Mary, Shetty, Ira, Lawrence, David, McCanta, Anthony C., Balaji, Seshadri, Sanatani, Shubhayan, Fish, Frank, Webster, Gregory, Aziz, Peter F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Ablation; Adolescent; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - congenital; Atrial Fibrillation - genetics; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Child; Children; Electrophysiological study; Female; Humans; Male; Recurrence; Reentry; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Young Adult; Children; Electrophysiological study; Reentry; Ablation; Atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) in healthy children and young adults is rare. Risk of recurrence and treatment efficacy are not well defined. The purpose of this study was to assess recurrence patterns and treatment efficacy in AF. A retrospective multicenter cohort study including 13 congenital heart cent...