Prognostic impact of catheter ablation in patients with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 12; p. e0279178
• Main Authors: Kawaji, Tetsuma, Shizuta, Satoshi, Tanaka, Munekazu, Nishiwaki, Shushi, Aizawa, Takanori, Yamagami, Shintaro, Komasa, Akihiro, Yoshizawa, Takashi, Kato, Masashi, Yokomatsu, Takafumi, Miki, Shinji, Ono, Koh, Kimura, Takeshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.12.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Ablation; Ablation (Surgery); Asymptomatic; Atrial Fibrillation; Biology and Life Sciences; Cardiac arrhythmia; Care and treatment; Catheter Ablation - adverse effects; Catheters; Clinical outcomes; Complications; Complications and side effects; Congestive heart failure; Diagnosis; Engineering and Technology; Fibrillation; Heart Failure; Hospitalization; Humans; Ischemia; Ischemic Stroke - complications; Medical instruments; Medical prognosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Patients; People and Places; Prognosis; Radiofrequency ablation; Risk Factors; Stroke; Stroke - epidemiology; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Japan; United States > US

Catheter ablation for asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to explore the prognostic impact of catheter ablation in asymptomatic AF patients. We performed a post-hoc analysis of 537 risk-matched pairs of AF patients receiving first-time cathet...