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Procedural success, safety and patients satisfaction after second ablation of atrial fibrillation in the elderly: results from the German Ablation Registry

Background Aged patients are underrepresented in clinical trials on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In addition, results of outcomes after repeat ablation in the elderly are lacking. We report the results of first repeat AF ablation procedures of aged patients from a real-world multic...

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Published in:Clinical research in cardiology 2019-12, Vol.108 (12), p.1354-1363
Main Authors: Fink, Thomas, Metzner, Andreas, Willems, Stephan, Eckardt, Lars, Ince, Hüseyin, Brachmann, Johannes, Spitzer, Stefan G., Deneke, Thomas, Schmitt, Claus, Hochadel, Matthias, Senges, Jochen, Rillig, Andreas
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Summary:Background Aged patients are underrepresented in clinical trials on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In addition, results of outcomes after repeat ablation in the elderly are lacking. We report the results of first repeat AF ablation procedures of aged patients from a real-world multicenter prospective registry. Methods Patients undergoing second AF ablation included in the prospective, multicenter German Ablation Registry were divided in two groups (age > 70 years (group 1) and age ≤ 70 years (group 2)) and analyzed for procedural characteristics and clinical follow-up. Results 738 patients were analyzed (108 patients in group 1, 630 patients in group 2). Significantly more aged patients had structural heart disease (56 patients (51.9%) vs. 203 patients (32.2%), p  
ISSN:1861-0684
1861-0692
DOI:10.1007/s00392-019-01471-5