Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in adults. It is a complex arrhythmia leading to increased morbidity and mortality requiring thorough assessment and classification to guide therapy and to assess whether to pursue rate or rhythm control therapy. To obtain rhythm co...
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| description | Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in adults. It is a complex arrhythmia leading to increased morbidity and mortality requiring thorough assessment and classification to guide therapy and to assess whether to pursue rate or rhythm control therapy. To obtain rhythm control, several strategies are available with different advantages and disadvantages concerning success rate and safety. Apart from antiarrhythmic drugs, catheter ablation is a well-established invasive therapy to treat atrial fibrillation. As quality of life is a very important factor to pursue rhythm control, several studies investigated on the specific impact of catheter ablation on quality of life. Catheter ablation shows a beneficial effect on quality of life in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation independent of the timepoint and strategy of catheter ablation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f545f7aee35e4292908c0012e01b3d8f2023-12-01T22:59:59ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832022-08-011115454110.3390/jcm11154541Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of LifeUrsula Rohrer0Martin Manninger1Andreas Zirlik2Daniel Scherr3Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, AustriaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, AustriaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, AustriaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, AustriaAtrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in adults. It is a complex arrhythmia leading to increased morbidity and mortality requiring thorough assessment and classification to guide therapy and to assess whether to pursue rate or rhythm control therapy. To obtain rhythm control, several strategies are available with different advantages and disadvantages concerning success rate and safety. Apart from antiarrhythmic drugs, catheter ablation is a well-established invasive therapy to treat atrial fibrillation. As quality of life is a very important factor to pursue rhythm control, several studies investigated on the specific impact of catheter ablation on quality of life. Catheter ablation shows a beneficial effect on quality of life in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation independent of the timepoint and strategy of catheter ablation.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/15/4541quality of lifeatrial fibrillationcatheter ablationpulmonary vein isolation |
| spellingShingle | Ursula Rohrer Martin Manninger Andreas Zirlik Daniel Scherr Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life Journal of Clinical Medicine quality of life atrial fibrillation catheter ablation pulmonary vein isolation |
| title | Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life |
| title_full | Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life |
| title_short | Impact of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation on Quality of Life |
| title_sort | impact of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on quality of life |
| topic | quality of life atrial fibrillation catheter ablation pulmonary vein isolation |
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