Does catheter ablation (pulmonary vein isolation) improve health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation?
While pulmonary vein isolation improves health-related quality of life at the population level, a significant proportion of patients (>33%) remain impaired, highlighting the need for personalized counseling.
Despite a major increase in HRQoL across the population, over one-third of patients were still impaired in HRQoL post-PVI. Multiple factors were identified that may guide counselling of AF patients about treatment choice.
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