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ReviewReviews in cardiovascular medicine2025

The Influence of Risk Factor Modification on Atrial Fibrillation Outcomes and Their Impact on the Success of Catheter Ablation.

Nakul Chandan, Vishnu Ashok, Taesoon Hwang, Ven Gee Lim, Thomas Lachlan, Helen Eftekhari, Gordon McGregor, Faizel Osman

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Review in Reviews in cardiovascular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nakul ChandanInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3580-7387
Vishnu AshokInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4178-9899
Taesoon HwangInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9312-8198
Ven Gee LimInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2056-5482
Thomas LachlanInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-077X
Helen EftekhariInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7140-7180
Gordon McGregorInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8963-9107
Faizel OsmanInstitute for Cardiometabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, CV2 2DX Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-5118

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is growing with a significant increase in AF burden. The pathophysiology of AF is complex and exhibits a strong relationship with modifiable lifestyle AF risk factors, such as physical inactivity, smoking, obesity, and alcohol consumption, as well as co-morbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. Current evidence suggests that cardiac rehabilitation and lifestyle risk factor modification can potentially lower the overall AF burden. Additionally, AF ablation can be an effective treatment for a rhythm control strategy, but reducing AF recurrences post-catheter ablation is paramount. Thus, addressing these modifiable lifestyle risk factors and co-morbidities is critical, as the recent 2024 European Society of Cardiology AF guidance update highlights. A comprehensive approach to treating these risk factors is essential, especially given the rising prevalence of AF. This article provides a state-of-the-art update on the evidence of addressing AF-related risk factors and co-morbidities, particularly in patients undergoing AF ablation.

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AF ablation outcomeatrial fibrillationcardiac rehabilitationrisk factor modification

Identifiers

PMID40160571
PMCPMC11951490

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