Concetti Chiave
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after AF ablation is transient and patients recover within a year.
Sintesi
The study focused on cognitive dysfunction post-catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients who had failed anti-arrhythmic drugs. Key points include:
- Cognitive dysfunction was initially higher in the ablation group but decreased over time.
- No patients in the ablation arm showed cognitive dysfunction at 12 months.
- Catheter ablation is crucial for AF management, but its impact on cognitive function was unclear.
- Cognitive testing included various assessments over 12 months.
- Ablation was associated with a transient cognitive decline followed by recovery.
- Further research is needed to explore long-term cognitive effects.
Statistiche
"Longer ablation time was an independent predictor of new-onset cognitive dysfunction (odds ratio, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.01 – 1.60; P = .003)."
Citazioni
"Among a contemporary cohort of symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent AF patients, catheter ablation was associated with a transient decline in cognitive function in the short-term, followed by recovery at 12 months."