Trial reportHeart (British Cardiac Society)2020
Changes in quality of life, cognition and functional status following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Trial report in Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of catheter ablation versus medical therapy on cognitive function in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2022Pooled it
- Predictors of disease burden in patients with untreated transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy and their caregivers: aFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Atrial fibrillation and cognitive impairment: mechanisms, influencing factors, and prospects.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Results of a 4-Year Follow Up of Patients with Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Observational
- Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Association of Catheter Ablation and Reduced Incidence of Dementia among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation during Long-Term Follow-Up: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- Improvement of Retinal Microcirculation after Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation-An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sex differences in atrial fibrillation: patient-reported outcomes and the persistent toll on women.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2021Article
- Impact of Catheter Ablation on Stroke, Cognitive Decline and Dementia.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate changes in quality of life (QoL), cognition and functional status according to arrhythmia recurrence after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation.
methodsWe compared QoL, cognition and functional status in patients with recurrent atrial tachycardia (AT)/AF versus those without recurrent AT/AF in the AXAFA-AFNET 5 clinical trial. We also sought to identify factors associated with improvement in QoL and functional status following AF ablation by overall change scores with and without analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).
resultsAmong 518 patients who underwent AF ablation, 154 (29.7%) experienced recurrent AT/AF at 3 months. Patients with recurrent AT/AF had higher mean CHA
conclusionsPatients without recurrent AT/AF appear to experience greater improvement in functional status but similar QoL as those with recurrent AT/AF after AF ablation.
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