ArticleJournal of geriatric cardiology : JGC2021
The influence of metabolic syndrome on atrial fibrillation recurrence: five-year outcomes after a single cryoballoon ablation procedure.
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- Atrial fibrillation and metabolic syndrome: an updated review of mechanisms, risk factors, and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Complex interrelationship and therapeutic advances in diabetic patients with atrial fibrillation.World journal of cardiology · 2025Review
- Left atrial functional changes associated with repeated catheter ablations for atrial fibrillation.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025Article
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- Association between baseline glycated hemoglobin level and atrial fibrillation recurrence following cryoballoon ablation among patients with and without diabetes.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- The Association between Diagnosis-to-Ablation Time and the Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Metabolic Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation: Different Entities or Combined Disorders.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Mediterranean Diet: A Tool to Break the Relationship of Atrial Fibrillation with the Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Nutrients · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundMetabolic syndrome (MetS) has been reported as a risk factor of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation. This study aimed to investigate the long-term influence of MetS on paroxysmal AF recurrence after a single cryoballoon ablation procedure, which was scarcely investigated yet in Chinese population.
methodsIn total, 137 paroxysmal AF patients who had successfully completed a single cryoballoon ablation procedure at Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China from December 2013 to October 2015 were enrolled. Excepting for patients with AF recurrence, all patients were followed up for no less than five years. Independent predictors of AF recurrence were determined by Cox proportional hazards regression analysis.
resultsAmong 137 paroxysmal AF patients, 91 patients (66.4%) had successfully achieved overall five-year follow-up after a single cryoballoon ablation procedure, and 44 patients (32.1%) had MetS. Patients with MetS had a significant lower incidence of freedom from AF recurrence than those without MetS (50.0%
conclusionsMetS is an independent predictor for five-year AF recurrence after a single cryoballoon ablation procedure in paroxysmal AF patients. Combination therapy of AF and MetS may improve the long-term outcomes of AF patients.
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