Long-term outcomes following catheter ablation versus medical therapy in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

Eur J Heart Fail · 2023 · PMC11497222 · PMID 36221809

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When all patients undergoing CA at any time were combined (ER‐CA and DS‐CA), baseline characteristics were similar to patients who continued medical therapy, with the exception of a statistical trend toward younger age (median age [± standard deviation, SD] 59 ± 11 vs. 64 ± 9, p = 0.053; online supplementary Table S3 ).

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Median time to first AF recurrence was numerically longer in patients who underwent ER‐CA (median 2.0 years [IQR 1.0–6.6]) versus DS‐CA (median 0.5 years [IQR 0.2–2.9], p = 0.149), but did not reach statistical significance.

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