Catheter ablation of asymptomatic longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation: Impact on quality of life, exercise performance, arrhythmia perception, and arrhythmia-free survival

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1057-1064

  Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a,b   Santangeli, Pasquale ^a   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Biase, Luigi Di ^a,d,e   Holcomb, Shawna ^a   Trivedi, Chintan ^a   Bai, Rong ^a   Burkhardt, David ^a   Hongo, Richard ^g   Hao, Steven ^g   Beheiry, Salwa ^g   Santoro, Francesco ^d,f   Forleo, Giovanni ^h   Gallinghouse, Joseph G ^a   Horton, Rodney ^a   Sanchez, Javier E ^a,f   Bailey, Shane ^a   Hranitzky, Patrick M ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason ^a   Natale, Andrea ^{a,c,g,i,j,k,l}  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

arrhythmia perception; asymptomatic longstanding persistent AF; exercise performance; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIA PERCEPTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ASYMPTOMATIC LONGSTANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTING HEART RATE; SHORT FORM 36; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908492291     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12467     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Ahmad Y, Kirchhof P,: Gone fishing (for silent atrial fibrillation). Circulation 2013; 127: 870-872.
2. Potpara TS, Polovina MM, Marinkovic JM, Lip G,: A comparison of clinical characteristics and long-term prognosis in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation: The Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation Study. Int J Cardiol 2013; 168: 4744-4749.
3. Savelieva I, Camm J,: Clinical relevance of silent atrial fibrillation: Prevalence, prognosis, quality of life, and management. J Int Cardiac Electrophysiol 2000; 4: 369-382.
4. Rho RW, Page RL,: Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2005; 48: 79-87.
5. Osbak PS, Mourier M, Kjaer A, Henriksen JH, Kofoed KF, Jensen GB,: A randomized study of the effects of exercise training on patients with atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J 2011; 162: 1080-1087.
6. Buys EM, M van Hemel N, Kelder JC, Ascoop C, M van Dessel P, Bakema L, Kingma JH,: Exercise capacity after His bundle ablation and rate response ventricular pacing for drug refractory chronic atrial fibrillation. Heart 1997; 77: 238-241.
7. Savelieva I, Paquette M, Dorian P, Lüderitz B, Camm J,: Quality of life in patients with silent atrial fibrillation. Heart 2001; 85: 215-217.
8. Jones DG, Haldar SK, Hussain W, Sharma R, Francis DP, Rahman-Haley S, McDonagh T, Underwood SR, Markides V, Wong T,: A randomized trial to assess catheter ablation versus rate control in the management of persistent atrial fibrillation in heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013; 61: 1894-1903.
9. Bhargava M, Di Biase L, Mohanty P, Prasad S, Martin DO, Williams-Andrews M, Wazni OMJ, Burkhardt D, Cummings JE, Khaykin Y, Verma A, Hao S, Beheiry S, Hongo R, Rossillo A, Raviele A, Bonso A, Themistoclakis S, Stewart K, Saliba W, Schweikert R, Natale A,: Impact of type of atrial fibrillation and repeat catheter ablation on long-term freedom from atrial fibrillation: Results from a multicenter study. Heart Rhythm 2009; 6: 1403-1412.
10. Blandino A, Toso E, Scaglione M, Anselmino M, Ferraris F, Sardi D, Battaglia A, Gaita F,: Long-term efficacy and safety of two different rhythm control strategies in elderly patients with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2013; 24: 731-738.
11. Fichtner S, Deisenhofer I, Kindsmüller S, Dzijan-Horn M, Tzeis S, Reents T, Wu J, Luise Estner H, Jilek C, Ammar S, Kathan S, Hessling G, Ladwig KH,: Prospective assessment of short- and long-term quality of life after ablation for atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2012; 23: 121-127.
12. Miyazaki S, Kuwahara T, Takahashi A, Kobori A, Takahashi Y, Nozato T, Hikita H, Sato A, Aonuma K, Hirao K, Isobe M,: Effect of left atrial ablation on the quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation. Circ J 2008; 72: 582-587.
13. Furlanello F, Lupo P, Pittalis M, Foresti S, Vitali-Serdoz L, Francia P, De Ambroggi G, Ferrero P, Nardi S, Inama G, De Ambroggi L, Cappato R,: Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in athletes referred for disabling symptoms preventing usual training schedule and sport competition. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2008; 19: 457-462.
14. Camm AJ, Kirchhof P, Lip G, Schotten U, Savelieva I, Ernst S, Van Gelder I, Al-Attar N, Hindricks G, Prendergast B, Heidbuchel H, Alfieri O, Angelini A, Atar D, Colona P, De Caterina R, De Sutter J, Goette A, Gorenek B, Heldal M, Hohloser S, Kolh P, Heuzey J, Ponikowski P, Rutten FH,: Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: The task force for the management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J 2010; 31: 2369-2429.
15. Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Natale A,: How to ablate long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation? Curr Opin Cardiol 2013; 28: 26-35.
16. Mohanty S, Mohanty P, Di Biase L, Bai R, Pump A, Santangeli P, Burkhardt D, Gallinghouse JG, Horton R, Sanchez JE, Bailey S, Zagrodzky J, Natale A,: Impact of metabolic syndrome on procedural outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 59: 1295-1301.
17. Wynn GJ, Todd DM, Webber M, Bonnett L, McShane J, Kirchhof P, Gupta D,: The European Heart Rhythm Association symptom classification for atrial fibrillation: Validation and improvement through a simple modification. Europace 2014;doi: 10.1093/europace/eut395.
18. Balady GJ, Arena R, Sietsema K, Myers J, Coke L, Fletcher GF, Forman D, Franklin B, Guazzi M, Gulati M, Keteyian SJ, Lavie CJ, Macko R, Mancini D, Milani RV,: American Heart Association Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease; Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Clinician's Guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adults: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2010; 122: 191-225.
19. Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Mohanty P, Sanchez J, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Lakkireddy D, Verma A, Khaykin Y, Hongo R, Hao S, Beheiry S, Pelargonio G, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Santarelli P, Santangeli P, Wang P, Al-Ahmad A, Patel D, Themistoclakis S, Bonso A, Rossillo A, Corrado A, Raviele A, Cummings JE, Schweikert RA, Lewis WR, Natale A,: Periprocedural stroke and management of major bleeding complications in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: The impact of periprocedural therapeutic international normalized ratio. Circulation 2010; 121: 2550-2556.
20. Hindricks G, Piorkowski C, Tanner H, Kobza R, Gerds-Li JH, Carbucicchio C, Kottkamp H,: Perception of atrial fibrillation before and after radiofrequency catheter ablation: Relevance of asymptomatic arrhythmia recurrence. Circulation 2005; 112: 307-313.
21. Verma A, Champagne J, Sapp J, Essebag V, Novak P, Skanes A, Morillo CA, Khaykin Y, Birnie D,: Discerning the incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic episodes of atrial fibrillation before and after catheter ablation (DISCERN AF): A prospective, multicenter study. JAMA Intern Med 2013; 173: 149-156.
22. Ware JE, Kosinski M,: Interpreting SF-36 summary health measures: A response. Qual Life Res 2001; 10: 405-413.
23. Bjorner JB, Wallenstein GV, Martin MC, Lin P, Blaisdell-Gross B, Tak Piech C, Mody SH,: Interpreting score differences in the SF-36 Vitality scale: Using clinical conditions and functional outcomes to define the minimally important difference. Curr Med Res Opin 2007; 23: 731-739.
24. Agostoni P, Emdin M, Corrà U, Veglia F, Magrì D, Tedesco CC, Berton E, Passino C, Bertella E, Re F, Mezzani A, Belardinelli R, Colombo C, La Gioia R, Vicenzi M, Giannoni A, Scrutinio D, Giannuzzi P, Tondo C, Di Lenarda A, Sinagra G, Piepoli MF, Guazzi M,: Permanent atrial fibrillation affects exercise capacity in chronic heart failure patients. Eur Heart J 2008; 29: 2367-2372.
25. Hegbom F, Sire S, Heldal M, Orning OM, Stavem K, Gjesdal K,: Short-term exercise training in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: Effects on exercise capacity, AV conduction, and quality of life. J Cardiopulm Rehabil 2006; 26: 24-29.
26. Fletcher GF, Balady GJ, Amsterdam EA, Chaitman B, Eckel R, Fleg J, Froelicher VF, Leon AS, Piña IL, Rodney R, Simons-Morton DA, Williams MA, Bazzarre T,: Exercise standards for testing and training: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2001; 104: 1694-1740.
27. Gosselink AT, Bijlsma EB, Landsman ML, Crijns HJ, Lie KI,: Long-term effect of cardioversion on peak oxygen consumption in chronic atrial fibrillation: A 2-year follow-up. Eur Heart J 1994; 15: 1368-1372.
28. Jones DG, Haldar SK, Hussain W, Sharma R, Francis DP, Rahman-Haley SL, McDonagh TA, Underwood SR, Markides V, Wong T,: A randomized trial to assess catheter ablation versus rate control in the management of persistent atrial fibrillation in heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013; 61: 1894-1903.
29. Wozakowska-Kapłon B, Opolski G,: Effects of sinus rhythm restoration in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: A clinical, echocardiographic and hormonal study. Int J Cardiol 2004; 96: 171-176.
30. Fiala M, Wichterle D, Bulkova V, Sknouril L, Nevralová R, Toman O, Dorda M, Januska J, Spinar J,: A prospective evaluation of haemodynamics, functional status, and quality of life after radiofrequency catheter ablation of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. Europace 2014; 16: 15-25.
31. Forleo GB, De Martino G, Mantica M, Carreras G, Parisi Q, Zingarini G, Panigada S, Romano E, Dello Russo A, Di Biase L, Natale A, Tondo C,: Clinical impact of catheter ablation in patients with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation: The IRON-AF (Italian Registry on NavX Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Procedures) study. Int J Cardiol 2013; 168: 3968-3970.
32. Hunter RJ, McCready J, Diab I, Page SP, Finlay M, Richmond L, French A, Earley MJ, Sporton S, Jones M, Joseph JP, Bashir Y, Betts TR, Thomas G, Staniforth A, Lee G, Kistler P, Rajappan K, Chow A, Schilling RJ,: Maintenance of sinus rhythm with an ablation strategy in patients with atrial fibrillation is associated with a lower risk of stroke and death. Heart 2012; 98: 48-53.