What is the real atrial fibrillation burden after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation? A prospective rhythm analysis in pacemaker patients with continuous atrial monitoring

Abstract

In the present study we could show, that freedom from AF can be achieved by catheter ablation in a high percentage of patients even with PersAF. Continuous atrial monitoring reveals AF ablation success rates comparable with those assessed by clinical evaluation. Symptomatic freedom of AF correlated well with the actual freedom of AF at least in this highly symptomatic patient cohort.