Key result
Successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation is associated with significant long-term improvements in health-related quality of life irrespective of the type of AF.
Why the study?
Does catheter ablation improve health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Does catheter ablation improve health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Catheter ablation provides significant and sustained improvements in health-related quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation compared to medical therapy.
May support counseling on ablation for sustained AF-related QoL gains; leaves open causal confirmation in randomized trials.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia seen in clinical practice, affecting approximately 1% of the overall population. While rarely life-threatening, AF is almost universally associated with increased morbidity and mortality, predominantly through an increased risk of thromboembolic events, left ventricular dysfunction, as well as significant impairments in functional capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL).[1-8] Improvement in HRQOL, with a secondary reduction of disability and health-care resource utilization, is one of the major therapeutic goals in the management of AF.
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Gonzalez et al. (2014) conducted a review in Atrial Fibrillation. Catheter Ablation vs. Antiarrhythmic drugs or rate control was evaluated on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL). Successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation is associated with significant long-term improvements in health-related quality of life irrespective of the type of AF.
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