Girod, Marc; Coslovsky, Michael; Aeschbacher, Stefanie; Sticherling, Christian; Reichlin, Tobias; Roten, Laurent; Rodondi, Nicolas; Ammann, Peter; Auricchio, Angelo; Moschovitis, Giorgio; Kobza, Richard; Badertscher, Patrick; Knecht, Sven; Krisai, Philipp; Marugg, Andrea; Aebersold, Helena; Hennings, Elisa; Serra-Burriel, Miquel; Schwenkglenks, Matthias; Zuern, Christine S; ... (2022). Association of pulmonary vein isolation and major cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation. Clinical research in cardiology, 111(9), pp. 1048-1056. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00392-022-02015-0
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BACKGROUND
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) face an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Evidence suggests that early rhythm control including AF ablation may reduce this risk.
METHODS
To compare the risks for cardiovascular events in AF patients with and without pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), we analysed data from two prospective cohort studies in Switzerland (n = 3968). A total of 325 patients who had undergone PVI during a 1-year observational period were assigned to the PVI group. Using coarsened exact matching, 2193 patients were assigned to the non-PVI group. Outcomes were all-cause mortality, hospital admission for acute heart failure, a composite of stroke, transient ischemic attack and systemic embolism (Stroke/TIA/SE), myocardial infarction (MI), and bleedings. We calculated multivariable adjusted Cox proportional-hazards models.
RESULTS
Overall, 2518 patients were included, median age was 66 years [IQR 61.0, 71.0], 25.8% were female. After a median follow-up time of 3.9 years, fewer patients in the PVI group died from any cause (incidence per 100 patient-years 0.64 versus 1.87, HR 0.39, 95%CI 0.19-0.79, p = 0.009) or were admitted to hospital for acute heart failure (incidence per 100 patient-years 0.52 versus 1.72, HR 0.44, 95%CI 0.21-0.95, p = 0.035). There was no significant association between PVI and Stroke/TIA/SE (HR 0.94, 95%CI 0.52-1.69, p = 0.80), MI (HR 0.43, 95%CI 0.11-1.63, p = 0.20) or bleeding (HR 0.75, 95% CI 0.50-1.12, p = 0.20).
CONCLUSIONS
In our matched comparison, patients in the PVI group had a lower incidence rate of all-cause mortality and hospital admission for acute heart failure compared to the non-PVI group.
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GOV IDENTIFIER
NCT02105844, April 7th 2014.
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