2022
Sex-based differences in atrial fibrillation ablation adverse events
Mszar R, Friedman D, Ong E, Du C, Wang Y, Zeitler E, Cunningham S, Akar J, Curtis J, Freeman J. Sex-based differences in atrial fibrillation ablation adverse events. Heart 2022, 109: 595-605. PMID: 36104219, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute pulmonary vein isolationAdverse eventsPulmonary vein isolationAtrial fibrillationHigh riskSex-based differencesVein isolationCatheter ablationFemale sexLarge prospective registryHospital adverse eventsMajor adverse eventsObservational cohort studyPhrenic nerve damageAF ablation proceduresQuality of lifeAblation RegistryMore comorbiditiesProspective registryAF ablationCohort studyPericardial effusionNerve damagePatient sexVascular injury
2018
Characteristics and outcomes of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atrial fibrillation
Durheim MT, Holmes DN, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Chan PS, Freeman JV, Fonarow GC, Go AS, Hylek EM, Mahaffey KW, Pokorney SD, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Characteristics and outcomes of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atrial fibrillation. Heart 2018, 104: 1850. PMID: 29875139, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAnticoagulantsAtrial FibrillationComorbidityFemaleHealth StatusHeart Conduction SystemHemorrhageHospitalizationHumansLungMalePrevalencePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseAtrial fibrillationSymptom burdenHeart failurePulmonary diseaseHigh riskDiagnosis of COPDNew-onset heart failureTreatment of AFBeta-blocker useCardiovascular risk factorsMajor bleeding eventsHigh symptom burdenBetter Informed TreatmentCoronary artery diseaseOutcomes of adultsQuality of lifeBleeding eventsDigoxin useBlocker useCause mortalityProspective registryReversible causesCardiovascular mortality