Does short-term use of AADs after AF ablation prevent arrhythmia recurrence at 6 months?
Short-term AAD use post-AF ablation reduces early arrhythmias but does not improve 6-month recurrence rates.
Although short-term use of AADs after AF ablation decreases early recurrence of atrial arrhythmias, early use of AADs does not prevent arrhythmia recurrence at 6 months. Early AF recurrence on or off AADs during the initial 6-week blanking period is a strong independent predictor of long-term AF recurrence.
Leong‐Sit et al. (2010) studied this question.