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ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2024

Clinical implication of the patient's disease awareness and adherence to medications in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation.

Masanaru Sawada, Naoto Otsuka, Koichi Nagashima, Ryuta Watanabe, Yuji Wakamatsu, Satoshi Hayashida, Shu Hirata, Moyuru Hirata, Sayaka Kurokawa, Yasuo Okumura

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Article in Journal of arrhythmia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masanaru SawadaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9663-7617
Naoto OtsukaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Koichi NagashimaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-225X
Ryuta WatanabeDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2664-7139
Yuji WakamatsuDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1540-8514
Satoshi HayashidaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8240-6201
Shu HirataDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-466X
Moyuru HirataDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2701-486X
Sayaka KurokawaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Yasuo OkumuraDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-4241
Nihon University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The effects of the patient's disease awareness on the management of postablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) are unknown. Methods: One hundred thirty-three AF patients undergoing an initial ablation were given a disease awareness questionnaire with a score of 16 points (8 points about AF in general and 8 points about oral anticoagulants) for the Jessa Atrial Fibrillation Knowledge Questionnaire (JAKQ) before and 1-year-after ablation. We divided them into the poor disease awareness group and good disease awareness group according to the median value (75%) of the total JAKQ score about AF in general, and compared the baseline patient characteristics and the 1-year changes in the JAKQ score, medication adherence, blood pressure, laboratory data, echocardiographic parameters, and AF/atrial tachycardia (AT) recurrence rate between the two groups. Results: Forty-two (31.6%) patients were classified as having poor disease awareness (<75% of the total JAKQ score), which was closely associated with poor medication adherence, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and greater left atrial volume (LAV). These trends in the poor disease awareness group remained unchanged 1 year after the ablation. During the 25.3-month follow-up, the AF/AT recurrence rate was significantly higher in the poor disease awareness than the good disease awareness group (23.8% vs. 7.7%; Conclusions: Poor disease awareness was linked to poor medication adherence, lifestyle-related diseases, and greater LAV before and even 1 year after the ablation, making it a potential surrogate marker for AF/AT recurrence. These findings highlight the clinical significance of disease awareness in AF management.

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adherence to medicationsatrial fibrillationcatheter ablationdisease awarenessrecurrence

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PMID38333379
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