ヒグチ　サトシ   HIGUCHI Satoshi   樋口　諭    所属   医学部 医学科（東京女子医科大学病院）    職種   寄附部門講師
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Prognostic Significance of Post-Procedural Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients With Systolic Dysfunction.
掲載誌名	正式名：Circulation reports 略　 称：Circ Rep ISSNコード：24340790/24340790
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	2(12),pp.707-714
著者・共著者	Yazaki Kyoichiro, Ejima Koichiro, Kataoka Shohei,, Higuchi Satoshi, Kanai Miwa, Yagishita Daigo, Shoda Morio, Hagiwara Nobuhisa
発行年月	2020/11
概要	Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is associated with a good prognosis; nevertheless, the effect of post-procedural systolic function on a patient's prognosis remains uncertain. Methods and Results: Of 1,077 consecutive patients undergoing AF ablation, the prognosis of 150 patients with abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF; <50%) was evaluated. Patients were categorized as having reduced LVEF (rEF; LVEF <40%), mid-range ejection fraction (mrEF; 40%≤LVEF<50%), or preserved LVEF (pEF; LVEF ≥50%). Post-procedural LVEF, evaluated 3 months after the procedure, was post-rEF in 28 patients (19%), post-mrEF in 49 (33%), and post-pEF in 73 (49%). During the median follow-up of 31 months, the cumulative ratios of the composite outcome (heart failure hospitalization or death) in the post-rEF, post-mrEF, and post-pEF groups were 18%, 5%, and 2%, respectively, at 1 year and 50%, 13%, and 4%, respectively, at 3 years (P<0.0001). The post-rEF group had a 4.5- to 5.0-fold higher risk of the outcome compared with the post-pEF group, whereas the post-mrEF group showed no risk after adjusting for confounders, including age ≥65 years, preprocedural LVEF category, and recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia. Conclusions: Patients with post-mrEF had a comparable prognosis to those with post-pEF over a relatively long follow-up, whereas those with post-rEF had the poorest outcome of the 3 groups, regardless of preprocedural LVEF status.
DOI	10.1253/circrep.CR-20-0111
PMID	33693200