ArticleJournal of geriatric cardiology : JGC2014
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the elderly.
Article in Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Ablation for Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly Patients: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of cryoballoon ablation in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2025Article
- Efficacy and safety of atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with aged 80 years or older.Heart and vessels · 2025Article
- Cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: one year outcomes from the cryo global registry.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- Multidisciplinary Approach in Atrial Fibrillation: As Good as Gold.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Do Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Have Comparable Ablation Outcomes Compared to Younger Ones? Evidence from Pooled Clinical Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation is associated with reduced risk of mortality in the elderly: a prospective cohort study and propensity score analysis.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2020Article
- Percutaneous interventions in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: left atrial ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2017Article
- [Ablation for atrial fibrillation in the elderly].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2017Review
- Incidence and Predictors of Complications During Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2016Article
- Managing atrial fibrillation in the very elderly patient: challenges and solutions.Vascular health and risk management · 2015Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation has emerged as a promising treatment strategy for AF, but has not been widely adopted in the elderly population. The present study aimed to determine the safety and efficacy of AF catheter ablation in the elderly population. METHODS AND
resultsThe study population consisted of 316 patients with paroxysmal AF who underwent left atrial ablation. Ninety-five patients were ≥ 65 years (48 males, mean age 68.9 ± 3.0 years old) and 221 patients were < 65 years old (130 males, mean age 52.5 ± 10.4 years old). After a mean follow-up period of 34.0 ± 15.1 months, 55 (57.9%) patients in the elderly group were free from arrhythmia recurrence compared with 149 (67.4%) patients in the younger group (P = 0.169). Procedural complications were uncommon in both study groups. In logistic regression analysis, left atrial diameter (P = 0.003), hypertension (P = 0.001), dyslipidemia (P = 0.039), and coronary artery disease (P = 0.018) were independent predictors of AF recurrence in the elderly population.
conclusionsCatheter ablation of AF is safe and effective in older patients. Invasive strategies should be considered as an alternative choice in symptomatic elderly patients with AF.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.