ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2021
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.
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- Predictive Value of Machine Learning for Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Catheter Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of stratified anatomical ablation ("BCXL") for persistent atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- High-power short-duration vs conventional radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients over 80 years of age: A propensity-score matched cohort analysis.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- The Correlation between Preoperative Average Heart Rate and Postoperative Recurrence in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Radiofrequency Ablation.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- 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
- Development and validation of a novel nomogram for predicting recurrent atrial fibrillation after cryoballoon ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- P-Wave Beat-to-Beat Analysis to Predict Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence after Catheter Ablation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- 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
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Abstract
introductionThere are several prognostic scores for the assessment of risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence post ablation procedure. However, the use of these complex scores is difficult and the validation on different populations brought divergent results. Our goal was to compare the performance of these risk scores as the basis for the development of a new, simplified score based only on few universally predictive variables.
methodsAll cryoballoon-based AF ablations performed in a single-center over a 10-year period were prospectively analyzed with regard to AF recurrence. This served to analyze the performance of APPLE, CAAP-AF, SCALE-CryoAF, MB-LATER, CHADS
resultsA total of 597 patients, mostly (78.1%) with paroxysmal AF were studied. Analyzed risk scores performed poorer than in the original publications because some risk factors were not predictive of AF recurrence. A simplified score named
conclusionThe assessment of risk of AF recurrence at the pre-ablation stage can be simplified without compromising accuracy. This could help to popularize risk assessment and standardization of AF management.
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