Registry for Evaluating Healthy Life Expectancy and Long-Term Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Very Elderly (REHEALTH AF) study: rationale and design of a prospective, multicentre, observational, comparative study

Registry for Evaluating Healthy Life Expectancy and Long-Term Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Very Elderly (REHEALTH AF) study: rationale and design of a prospective, multicentre, observational, comparative study

Introduction Data are lacking on the extent to which patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who are aged ≥80 years benefit from ablation treatment. The question pertains especially to patients’ postablation quality of life (QoL) and long-term clinical outcomes.Methods and analysis We ar...

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Main Authors: Kengo Kusano, Ayako Okada, Koji Miyamoto, Eizo Tachibana, Wataru Shimizu, Masato Murakami, Tomoo Harada, Kojiro Tanimoto, Takeshi Kato, Satoru Sakagami, Katsuhito Fujiu, Tatsuya Hayashi, Yasuo Okumura, Kazuhiro Satomi, Tomoyuki Shiozawa, Hideki Kobayashi, Michifumi Tokuda, Teiichi Yamane, Ryohsuke Narui, Seigo Yamashita, Satoru Miyanaga, Ikutaro Nakajima, Hidehira Fukaya, Hajime Kihara, Shiro Nakahara, Koichi Nagashima, Kenta Murotani, Shinya Suzuki, Ryuta Watanabe, Katsuaki Yokoyama, Hidemori Hayashi, Yu-ki Iwasaki, Yuhi Fujimoto, Yasushi Mukai, Koichiro Ejima, Takayuki Otsuka, Masaomi Kimura, Masahide Harada, Junjiroh Koyama, Hideharu Okamatsu, Mitsuru Takami, Morio Shoda, Kenichi Hiroshima, Tadashi Fujino, Keijiro Nakamura, Koji Kumagai, Yuji Watari, Mina Hatsuno, Kazuki Iso, Kazumasa Sonoda, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Akio Chikata, Masaru Inoue, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Nobuhiko Makino, Yoshinao Yazaki, Hideshi Aoyagi, Makoto Ichikawa, Hironori Haruta, Takafumi Hiro, Kimie Okubo, Ken Arima, Taiki Tojo, Yoshiaki Fukuda, Koji Oiwa, Tamami Fujiishi, Masashi Akabane, Norikazu Ishikawa, Haruna Tabuchi, Kenjiro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Mase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-02-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e068894.full
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