ReviewCardiology journal2020
Echocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: A literature review.
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Electrical Cardioversion As a Predictor in Postoperative Preservation of Sinus Rhythm in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Before Radio Frequency Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of point-of-use ultrasound of resuscitation outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 3265 patients.Cardiology journal · 2023Pooled it
- Left atrial appendage flow velocity predicts recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Predicting recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a systematic review of prognostic models.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 · 2020Pooled it
- Predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: a systematic review.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2026Review
- Development and validation of a prediction model for atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation: integrating echocardiographic and clinical indicators.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Integrating preoperative multiregion radiomic features with clinical data to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Epicardial adipose tissue and ablation outcomes in obese patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A comparison of pulsed field and radiofrequency ablation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Predictors of long-term atrial fibrillation following percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndrome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Optimum Patient's Selection for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using Echocardiography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Increased Left Ventricular Mass Index and Atrial Volume Index Are Associated with Atrial Fibrosis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Incidental parasympathetic cardiac denervation during atrial fibrillation ablation using high power short duration: a marker of long-term success.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025Article
- The association between features of epicardial adipose tissue and the risks of early recurrence after catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- High Power Short Duration Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Long-Term Predictors of Success and Recurrence - A Multivariate Analysis.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2024Article
- Potential Role of Left Atrial Strain to Predict Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence after Catheter Ablation Therapy: A Clinical and Systematic Review.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- Identification of Plasmatic MicroRNA-206 as New Predictor of Early Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation Using Next-generation Sequencing.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2024Article
- Association of Preablation Plasma Corin Levels With Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Catheter Ablation: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Observational
- Validation of the SCALE-CryoAF risk model to predict very late return of atrial fibrillation after cryoballoon ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2023Article
- Predictive value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in the prediction of long-term AF recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Left atrial strain for predicting recurrence in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a single-center two-dimensional speckle tracking retrospective study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCatheter ablation (CA) is a well-known treatment option for patients with symptomatic drug-resistant atrial fibrillation (AF). Multiple factors have been identified to determine AF recurrence after CA, however their predictive value is rather small. Identification of novel predictors of CA outcome is therefore of primary importance to reduce health costs and improve long-term results of intervention. The recurrence of AF following CA is related to severity of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, extent of atrial dilatation and fibrosis. The aim of this paper was to present and discuss the latest studies on the utility of echocardiographic parameters in terms of CA effectiveness in patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF.
methodsPubMed, Google Scholar, EBSCO databases were searched for studies reporting echocardiographic preprocedural predictors of AF recurrence after CA. LV systolic and diastolic function, as well as atrial size, strain and dyssynchrony were taken into consideration.
resultsTwenty one full-text articles were analyzed, including three meta-analyses. Several echocardiographic parameters have been reported to determine a risk of AF recurrence after CA. There are conventional methods that measure left atrial size and volume, LV ejection fraction, parameters assessing LV diastolic dysfunction, and methods using more innovative technologies based on speckle tracking echocardiography to determine left atrial synchrony and strain. Each of these parameters has its own predictive value.
conclusionsRegarding CA effectiveness, every patient has to be evaluated individually to estimate the risk of AF recurrence, optimally using a combination of several echocardiographic parameters.
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