Super and Nonresponders to Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Quality-of-Life Assessment Using Patient Reported Outcomes

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Aug;14(8):e009938. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009938. Epub 2021 Jul 19.

Authors

Medhat Farwati¹, Oussama M Wazni², Khaldoun G Tarakji², Mohamed Diab², Anna Scandinaro¹, Mustapha Amin¹, Mohammad Zmaili¹, Najdat Bazarbashi³, Ozan Dikilitas⁴, Hiroshi Nakagawa², Shunsuke Kuroda², Mohamed Kanj, Thomas J Dresing², Thomas D Callahan², Mandeep Bhargava², Bryan Baranowski², John Rickard², Daniel J Cantillon², Patrick J Tchou², Walid I Saliba², Ayman A Hussein²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine (M.F., A.S., M.A., M.Z.), Cleveland Clinic, OH.
² Heart and Vascular Institute (O.M.W., K.G.T., M.D., H.N., S.K., M.K., T.J.D., T.D.C., M.B., B.B., J.R., D.J.C., P.J.T., W.I.S., A.A.H.), Cleveland Clinic, OH.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore (N.B.).
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (O.D.).

PMID: 34279998
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009938

Abstract

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein; recurrence.

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / psychology*
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Reported Outcome Measures*
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Quality of Life*
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome