Improvement in Quality of Life After Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Versus Long‐standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Study With 3‐Year Follow‐up

Background Changes in quality of life (QoL) after catheter ablation for long‐standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF) are not well described. We sought to compare QoL improvement after catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) versus that after LSPAF. Methods and Results A tot...

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Published in:Journal of the American Heart Association 2014-07, Vol.3 (4), p.n/a
Main Authors: Bulková, Veronika, Fiala, Martin, Havránek, Štěpán, Šimek, Jan, Škňouřil, Libor, Januška, Jaroslav, Špinar, Jindřich, Wichterle, Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adult
Aged
Anxiety
atrial fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation - surgery
Catheter Ablation
Cohort Studies
Depression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
long‐standing persistent
Male
Middle Aged
Original Research
paroxysmal
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life
Recurrence
Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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Summary:Background Changes in quality of life (QoL) after catheter ablation for long‐standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF) are not well described. We sought to compare QoL improvement after catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) versus that after LSPAF. Methods and Results A total of 261 PAF and 126 LSPAF ablation recipients were prospectively followed for arrhythmia recurrence, QoL, hospital stay, and sick leave. In PAF versus LSPAF groups, 1.3±0.6 versus 1.6±0.7 procedures were performed per patient (P
ISSN:2047-9980
2047-9980
DOI:10.1161/JAHA.114.000881