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March 8, 2011Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Demographic Profile of Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

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Why the study?

What are the secular trends in the demographic profile of patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation?

Population

792 patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation at Johns Hopkins Hospital between 2001…

Design

Cohort

Authors

HHH. Spencer HoytSNSaman NazarianFAFawaz Alhumaid

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Overview

Persistent disparities in AF ablation access persist; hypothesis-generating for equity interventions and outcome studies.

Structured PICO

What are the secular trends in the demographic profile of patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation?

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Population
792 patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) at Johns Hopkins Hospital between 2001 and 2009
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Intervention
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
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Outcome
Secular trends in demographic profile (age, sex, race, prior antiarrhythmic drugs, duration of AF)

There are significant gender and racial disparities in patients undergoing AF ablation, with a trend toward older age and earlier referral over time.

Cite This Study

Hoyt et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85498d32b8a2b0ded6a9e9https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02043.x
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