ArticlePacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE2019
Patient characteristics as predictors of recurrence of atrial fibrillation following cryoballoon ablation.
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- 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
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- Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: From the Korean Cryoballoon Ablation Registry.Korean circulation journal · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of cryoballoon versus robotic magnetic navigation guided radiofrequency ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predicting Early recurrence of atrial fibrilation post-catheter ablation using machine learning techniques.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Long-term Outcome of Cryoballoon Ablation in Korean Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Real-World Experience From the Cryo Global Registry.Korean circulation journal · 2024Article
- Integrating the Left Atrium Diameter to Improve the Predictive Ability of the Age, Creatinine, and Ejection Fraction Score for Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Cryoballoon Ablation.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2023Article
- Pulmonary vein capture is a predictor for long-term success of stand-alone pulmonary vein isolation with cryoballoon ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Predictive value of HMGB1 for atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoballoon ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients.Clinical cardiology · 2022Article
- Vagal milieu or electrophysiologic substrate? The link between atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2022Review
- Efficacy of Cryoballoon Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation and Recurrence Predictors in an Asian Cohort.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Treatment success and its predictors as well as the complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in a high-volume centre.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2022Article
- Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrences after a First Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Intervention for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation-Experience of a Low Volume Ablation Centre.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Primary results of the Spanish Cryoballoon Ablation Registry: acute and long-term outcomes of the RECABA study.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Comparison of six risk scores for the prediction of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoballoon-based ablation and development of a simplified method, the 0-1-2 PL score.Journal of arrhythmia · 2021Article
- Evaluation of predictive scores for late and very late recurrence after cryoballoon-based ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2021Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: we need to go step by step.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Characterization of Changes in P-Wave VCG Loops Following Pulmonary-Vein Isolation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile several studies have evaluated predictors for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence following catheter ablation, there are limited data specific to cryoballoon ablation (CBA).
methodsWe analyzed a prospective registry of patients at a single institution who underwent CBA. Recurrence of AF (RAF) was defined as recurrence of AF by 12-month follow-up, excluding the 3-month blanking period. Univariate analysis was performed to evaluate predictors of RAF. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to compare and evaluate the performance of various risk scores for discriminating risk of RAF.
resultsThere were 542 patients included in the analysis with mean age 61.3 ± 10.6 years, 67.9% male, and 51.6% paroxysmal AF (PAF). Overall, only left atrial diameter (LAD) > 40 mm and ERAF (early recurrence of AF within 0-3 month blanking period) were significant predictors of RAF. In the PAF specific subgroup, LAD > 40 mm, AF duration > 12 months, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, ERAF, and having previously failed an antiarrhythmic drug were significant predictors of RAF. In persistent AF (PeAF) subgroup, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and ERAF were significant predictors of RAF. Out of clinical risk scores tested, BASEAF2 had the highest performance with area under the curve of 0.646 (95% confidence interval [0.548, 0.708]; P < .01).
conclusionsIn this single-center retrospective study of CBA, we found only LAD > 40 mm and ERAF to be predictors of RAF. We identified OSA as a potential targetable risk factor in PeAF patients undergoing CBA. Out of risk scores tested for discriminating risk of RAF, BASEAF2 had the best performance.
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