ArticleJournal of geriatric cardiology : JGC2019
Simple hematological predictors of AF recurrence in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation.
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- Association of inflammatory markers with clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for clinical outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Association Between HALP Score and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.Cardiovascular therapeutics · 2026Article
- C-Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratio (CAR) and Left Atrial Diameter Predicts New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Chronic Coronary Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Machine learning-based prediction model for recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- The Predictive Value of the Neutrophil Percentage-to-Albumin Ratio for Early Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Factors predicting the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: A review.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Association between preablation and postablation neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and atrial fibrillation recurrence: A meta-analysis.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Review
- Predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for atrial fibrillation and stroke in type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Hong Kong Diabetes Study.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2023Article
- Association of RDW, NLR, and PLR with Atrial Fibrillation in Critical Care Patients: A Retrospective Study Based on Propensity Score Matching.Disease markers · 2022Article
- Predictive Value of HFA-PEFF Score in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgoundRed cell distribution width (RDW) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are simple hematologic indices that have been used to predict adverse outcomes in different clinical settings. The aim of our study is to determine whether RDW and NLR can predict atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence in patients undergoing AF ablation.
methodsConsecutive patients, without known hematological disorders, who underwent AF catheter ablation between January 2014 and April 2017 were enrolled into this study. Blood samples were taken one day before and five hours after the ablation procedure.
resultsA total of 346 patients (224 males (65%), mean age: 59 ± 11 years old) were included. After a mean follow up of 26.2 ± 12.1 months, 80 (23.1%) patients experienced late AF recurrence (defined as any recurrence after the blanking period of three months), while 97 (28%) patients experienced early AF recurrence during the blanking period. Univariate analysis showed that early arrhythmia recurrence, type of AF and NLR after the procedure were significantly associated with late AF recurrence, while early arrhythmia recurrence and NLR remained significant in multivariate analysis. RDW was not associated with late AF recurrence. None of the parameters above predicted early arrhythmia recurrence.
conclusionsSimple and inexpensive hematological indices such as NLR should be evaluated for their ability to predict AF recurrence in patients undergoing catheter ablation in larger prospective studies.
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