Trial reportJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2016
Changes in left ventricular filling parameters following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Trial report in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of cryoballoon ablation combined with vein of Marshall ethanol infusion for persistent atrial fibrillation: a comparative cohort study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- The left atrium in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: What we know and what we do not know.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Review
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Atrial Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary Vein Isolation Planning for Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of imaging · 2025Review
- What causes exertional dyspnoea in patients with atrial fibrillation? Implications for catheter ablation in patients with heart failure.European journal of heart failure · 2021Article
- Effect of catheter ablation on pre-existing abnormalities of left atrial systolic, diastolic, and neurohormonal functions in patients with chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation.European heart journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is common in the setting of abnormal ventricular relaxation. We evaluated the association between ventricular relaxation grade and atrial fibrosis and examined the change in left ventricular filling parameters following catheter ablation. METHODS AND
resultsAF patients undergoing catheter ablation who had cardiac late gadolinium enhancement MRI (LGE-MRI) and echocardiographic examinations were included in the study. Left atrial (LA) tissue fibrosis and volume were quantified using LGE-MRI. Echocardiograms were performed at baseline and 3 months following catheter ablation to assess left ventricular (LV) filling. Two hundred and ninety three patients (60.8 % male) met the inclusion criteria. In patients in sinus rhythm at baseline (n = 115), ventricular relaxation pattern was identified as normal in 54 patients (47.0 %), impaired in 35 (30.4 %), pseudo-normal in 18 (15.7 %), and restrictive in 8 (7.0 %). Restrictive LV filling was associated with higher LA volume index (61.2 ± 30.5 vs 46.0 ± 18.5 ml/m
conclusionsRestrictive LV filling is associated with higher LA fibrosis. A change in echocardiographic LV filling pattern was noted in over 50 % of patients post-ablation.
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