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J Atr Fibrillation. 2014 Apr 30;6(6):1063. doi: 10.4022/jafib.1063. eCollection 2014.

Effect Of Catheter Ablation On Quality Of Life In Atrial Fibrillation.

Journal of atrial fibrillation

Jorge Gonzalez, Laurent Macle, Marc W Deyell, Matthew T Bennett, Marc Dubuc, Katia Dyrda, Peter G Guerra, Paul Khairy, Blandine Mondesert, Léna Rivard, Denis Roy, Mario Talajic, Bernard Thibault, Jason G Andrade

Affiliations

  1. The Electrophysiology Service at the Montreal Heart Institute and the Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
  2. The Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. The Electrophysiology Service at the Montreal Heart Institute and the Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; The Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada.

PMID: 27957067 PMCID: PMC5135244 DOI: 10.4022/jafib.1063

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Ablation/ICD/Surgery; Arrhythmias; Clinical Electrophysiology; Drugs; Electrophysiology

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