Finn Akerström, Julie Hutter, Emmanouil Charitakis, Fariborz Tabrizi, Fahd Asaad, Hamid Bastani, Tara Bourke, Frieder Braunschweig, Nikola Drca, Anders Englund, Leif Friberg, Per Insulander, Anders Hassel Jönsson, Göran Kennebäck, Astrid Paul-Nordin, Bita Sadigh, Ott Saluveer, Serkan Saygi, Jonas Schwieler, Emma Svennberg, Jari Tapanainen, Yusuf Türkmen, Mats Jensen-Urstad
OBJECTIVE: Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation effectively reduces symptomatic burden. However, its long-term effect on mortality and stroke is unclear. We investigated if patients with atrial fibrillation who undergo catheter ablation have lower risk for all-cause mortality or stroke than patients who are managed medically. METHODS: We retrospectively included 5628 consecutive patients who underwent first-time catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation between 2008 and 2018 at three major Swedish electrophysiology units...
September 1, 2023: Heart