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ReviewHerzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie2025

[Catheter ablation in patients with heart failure-who benefits?]

Leonard Bergau, Vanessa Sciacca, Christian Sohns

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Review in Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Leonard BergauAbteilung für Kardiologie/Pneumologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
Vanessa SciaccaKlinik für Elektrophysiologie/Rhythmologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland.
Christian SohnsKlinik für Elektrophysiologie/Rhythmologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland. csohns@hdz-nrw.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is associated with a lower likelihood of death and surgical heart failure (HF) interventions in patients with HF. This effect is mainly driven by reduced all cause and cardiovascular death following ablation. Ablation also results in improved left ventricular (LV) function, decreased AF burden and AF regression. The accumulated evidence contributed substantially to a class 1 indication for AF ablation in patients with AF and HF with reduced ejection fraction in the 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS guidelines. Risk scores like the CASTLE-HTx risk score may help to identify patients with HF who will particularly benefit from catheter ablation. The absolute benefit of catheter ablation is more pronounced in high-risk patients and is sustained over time. Catheter ablation should be considered as first-line therapy with a definitive class 1 indication for many patients with HF, particularly those with advanced HF.

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Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationHeart FailureComorbidityEvidence-Based MedicineHumansPatient SelectionSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeAtrial fibrillationBeta blockerGuidelinesHeart transplantationReduced pump function

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