Efficacy of ablation therapy on clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation : a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background: Optimal treatment regimen for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. Therefore, the authors sought to compare the outcomes of ablation therapy versus pharmacological regimens in patients with AF.

Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases were searched for randomized controlled trials and observational studies comparing clinical outcomes between of ablation and pharmacological therapy in patients with AF. Stroke, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular hospitalization, heart failure (HF), and bleeding were among outcomes of interest. Mantel-Haenszel weighted random-effects model was used to calculate relative risks (RRs) with 95 % CIs.

Results: The analysis included ~200 000 patients from 4 randomized controlled trials and 7 observational studies. Meta-analysis showed statistically significant reduction in stroke among patients on ablation therapy [hazard ratio (HR) 0.51, 95% CI (0.43, 0.60), P<0.00001, I2=10%], all-cause mortality [HR 0.64, 95% CI (0.45, 0.93), P=0.02, I2=58%], cardiovascular mortality [HR 0.35, 95% CI (0.25, 0.50), P<0.0001, I2=0%], and HF [HR 0.40, 95% CI (0.31, 0.53), P<0.00001, I2=30%]. However, no significant difference was revealed in the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization [HR 1.04, 95% CI (0.88, 1.23), P=0.66, I2=89%] and bleeding [HR 1.11, 95% CI (0.97, 1.27), P=0.13, I2=0%].

Conclusion: Ablation significantly reduces the risk of stroke, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, and HF in AF patients, compared with medical therapy alone, supporting its use in clinical practice.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) - 85(2023), 9 vom: 14. Sept., Seite 4491-4500

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zahoor, Mohammad Munim [VerfasserIn]
Ullah, Saad Ehsan [VerfasserIn]
Kidiavai, Harriet Mmaitsi [VerfasserIn]
Eltieb, Shahda A H [VerfasserIn]
Devi, Anjuli [VerfasserIn]
Asif, Muhammad Anis [VerfasserIn]
Vaswani, Akshay [VerfasserIn]
Hyder, Ammar [VerfasserIn]
Hoti, Muhammad Roshan [VerfasserIn]
Jawad, Sayed [VerfasserIn]
Arshid, Sana [VerfasserIn]
Shankar, Abhirami [VerfasserIn]
Salman, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ablation
Atrial fibrillation
Bleeding
Catheter ablation
Journal Article
Review
Stroke
Surgical ablation

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Date Revised 05.09.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MS9.0000000000000985

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361614608