Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Twenty-year experience of atrial fibrillation ablation: a single-centre cohort study
Authors' conclusion
Symptomatic AF tends to recur during long-term follow-up despite one or more procedures.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing AF ablation, 2002–2021, Reggio Emilia cardiology department618 followed until 2022
- Participants
- 669 patients
- Outcome
- Recurrence of symptomatic AF (symptoms altering QoL as defined by the patient)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Estimated recurrence rate of symptomatic AF
At 10 years
26%
At 15 years
54%
At 20 years
82%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Recurrence by number of procedures
- Recurrence rate similar after one procedure vs 2 or 3 procedures
Progression to permanent AF
- Progression to permanent AF
- 112 patients (18%)
Major events during follow-up
- Total mortality
- 4.5%
- HF
- 3.1%
- TIA/stroke
- 2.4%
Safety
- Periprocedural complications (of procedures)
- 4.8%
- 838 procedures
Original publication
Twenty-year experience of atrial fibrillation ablation: a single-centre cohort study. Europace. Published 18 March 2023. doi:10.
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