Temporal trends of catheter ablation procedures in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Catheter ablation is a well-established treatment to prevent atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) recurrences and to relieve symptoms, whereas pacemaker implantation and atrioventricular node (AVN) ablation is used for rate control when medical therapy fails.

Aims

We investigated temporal trends and patient characteristics in catheter ablation procedures for AF, AFL and AVN in Finland between 2012-2018.

Methods

Finnish AntiCoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation (FinACAF) is a registry-based study including all patients with AF or AFL in Finland between 2012-2018.

Results

The number of patients with AF or AFL diagnosis in Finland increased from 185 057 to 243 802 between 2012-2018 and a total of 8954 first-time catheter ablation procedures we

SUBMITTER: Lappalainen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11539521 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature