A comparison of clinical outcomes following atrial fibrillation ablation for heart failure patients with preserved or reduced left ventricular function: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This review aims to determine if patients who undergo atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) do better, or worse or the same compared to patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Methods

A search of MEDLINE and EMBASE was performed using the search terms: "atrial fibrillation", "ablation" and terms related to HFpEF and HFrEF in order to identify studies that evaluated one or more of i) AF recurrence, ii) periprocedural complications and iii) adverse outcomes at follow up for patients with HFpEF and HFrEF who underwent AF ablation. Data was extracted from included studies and statistically pooled to evaluate adverse events and AF recurrence.

Results

5 studies were included in th

SUBMITTER: Panchal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811280 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature