ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2016
Impact of Alcohol Consumption on the Outcome of Catheter Ablation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
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- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- Effect of hyperuricemia on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation and influence of alcohol consumption.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- The Role of Risk Factor Modification in Atrial Fibrillation: Outcomes in Catheter Ablation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- Atrial fibrillation: comorbidities, lifestyle, and patient factors.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Review
- Mental health conditions and use of rhythm control therapies in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study.BMJ open · 2022Article
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- Alcohol Consumption Is Associated With Postablation Recurrence but Not Changes in Atrial Substrate in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Insight from a High-Density Mapping Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Lifestyle Modification and Atrial Fibrillation: Critical Care for Successful Ablation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with atrial fibrillation in older patients with obstructive sleep apnea.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Risk factor management of atrial fibrillation using mHealth: The Atrial Fibrillation - Helping Address Care with Remote Technology (AF-HEART) Pilot Study.Cardiovascular digital health journal · 2022Article
- The Impact of Alcohol Intake on Atrial Fibrillation.Current cardiology reports · 2020Review
- Alcohol use disorders and the heart.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Review
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- Decoding the evidence: A synopsis of indications and evidence for catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation (Review).Medicine internationalReview
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough several studies have reported an association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and alcohol, the impact of alcohol consumption on the outcome after catheter ablation (CA) for AF has not been discussed. We aimed to elucidate the effect of alcohol consumption on the outcome of CA for paroxysmal AF. METHODS AND
resultsWe examined 1361 consecutive patients with paroxysmal AF (mean age, 61±11 years, 334 women) who underwent CA, including 623 (45.8%) patients who consumed alcohol. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of CA were compared between patients who did and did not consume alcohol. No significant differences were seen in the left atrial size, duration of AF history, and incidence of nonpulmonary vein foci between 2 groups (P=NS). Although the AF recurrence-free rate after the initial CA was higher in patients who did not consume alcohol (261/623 [41.9%] versus 252/738 [34.1%]; mean follow-up, 44.4±30.7 months; P=0.003), the outcome after the final CA was similar between 2 groups (patients who consumed alcohol: 111/628 [17.7%] versus patients who did not consume alcohol: 138/738 [18.7%]; mean follow-up, 53.1±25.8 months; P=0.67). The frequency (hazard ratio 1.07 per 1 day/week increase, CI 1.00-1.15, P=0.04) of alcohol consumption was significantly associated with AF recurrence after CA.
conclusionsThe frequency of alcohol consumption may be associated with AF recurrence after the initial CA for paroxysmal AF, but it may not affect the outcome after the final CA.
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