Lesson Primary results of rf catheter ablation for af in vietnam heart institute - Pham Quoc Khanh. Background - Forms of Atrial Fibrillation, background - Prevalence of AFib, prevalence of AFib, increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events, mortality Associated with AFib,. Please refer to the lecture. | PRIMARY RESULTS OF RF CATHETER ABLATION FOR AF IN VIETNAM HEART INSTITUTE PHAM QUOC KHANH, MD, PhD. et al Vietnam Heart Institute Background - Forms of Atrial Fibrillation - Clinical type of AF: + paroxysmal 7 days: require intervention termination. + permanent: refractory to cardioversion or accepted as final rhythm. - Background - Prevalence of AFib General population-based prevalence ATRIA study Olmsted County study Go AS, et al. JAMA (2001) 285: 2370 Miyasaka Y, et al. Circulation (2006) 114: 119 Prevalence of AFib Projected number of persons with AF (millions) Olmsted County study 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 Year Miyasaka Y, et al. Circulation (2006) 114: 119 Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events Death or hospitalization in individuals with CV event(s) after 20 years Men At least one CV event (%) 100 Women 89 80 66 60 45 40 27 20 0 AFib No AFib AFib No AFib Stewart S, et al. Am J Med (2002) 113: .
