Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
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Controlled Clinical Trial
Obstructive sleep apnoea risk profile and the risk of recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.
The aim of this study was to identify the impact of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) on recurrence after catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). ⋯ The recurrence rate and incidence of complications did not differ in patients with different risk profiles for OSA. The presence of OSA should not lower the decision threshold to choose an ablative procedure in paroxysmal AF.