Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: This was a retrospective study of patients aged 18-30 who underwent CA for AF, and clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes are reported. Survival analyses were performed between the study group and a propensity-matched older cohort (>30 years, mean age: 58±10 years). RESULTS: From January 2000 to January 2019, a 1st CA (radiofrequency energy n=72, cryoballoon n=10), was performed in 82 patients (mean age 26±4 years, paroxysmal n=61, persistent n=14, longstanding persistent n=7), among 6336 consecutive patients with AF. During a follow-up of 5±5 years, 56% and 30% of the patients with paroxysmal and non-paroxysmal AF were arrhythmia free without antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy after a single CA (P=0.02). After 1.5±0.8 CA procedures, 76% and 75% of the patients with paroxysmal AF and non-paroxysmal AF were arrhythmia free without AADs (P=0.54). Compared to a propensity-matched group of older patients, young patients were as likely to remain in sinus rhythm after CA (P=0.47), however after fewer repeat CAs (1.5±0.8 vs 1.9±0.9, P<0.009). There were no long-term adverse outcomes associated with CA. CONCLUSIONS: CA is a safe and effective treatment of AF in young patients with comparable outcomes to the older patients, however after fewer procedures.
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Authors | Michael Ghannam, Aman Chugh, David J Bradley, Thomas Crawford, Rakesh Latchamsetty, Hamid Ghanbari, Ryan Cunnane, Mohammed Saeed, Krit Jongnarangsin, Frank Pelosi Jr, Fred Morady, Hakan Oral |
Journal | Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
(J Interv Card Electrophysiol)
Vol. 64
Issue 2
Pg. 311-319
(Aug 2022)
ISSN: 1572-8595 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 33821386
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2021. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Catheter Ablation
(methods)
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Recurrence
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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