Panic features strongly predict the subjective but not the objective benefit of pulmonary vein isolation

Knobel, Jürgen C. P. J.; Werf, S.P. van der; Berg, Fons F. Van den; Jong, Jonas S.S.G. de

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“…Overall, five cohort studies from China, Korea, Greece, and the Netherlands including 549 patients with AF that underwent catheter ablation were included. Two of them were retrospective studies, 18,19 while the other three were prospective cohorts 20–22 . The sample sizes of the included cohorts varied from 43 to 239.…”

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“…The sample sizes of the included cohorts varied from 43 to 239. One study included patients with persistent AF, 19 two studies included paroxysmal AF, 18,20 while the other two included both 21,22 . Anxiety was evaluated via Zung Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale, 18,19 the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory, 20,21 and the Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire 22 among the included studies.…”

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“…Of them, 10 studies were further excluded because of reasons listed in Figure 1 . Finally, five cohort studies 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 were included.…”

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“…Previous meta‐analyses did not support a significant association between anxiety and an increased risk of AF in the general population 16,17 . Moreover, studies that evaluated the association between anxiety and AF recurrence after catheter also showed inconsistent results 18–22 . This is possibly because most of them were small‐scale stuides 18–20 (sample size < 100) which may be statistically inadequate to indicate a significant association between anxiety and AF recurrence.…”

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“… 16 , 17 Moreover, studies that evaluated the association between anxiety and AF recurrence after catheter also showed inconsistent results. 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 This is possibly because most of them were small‐scale stuides 18 , 19 , 20 (sample size < 100) which may be statistically inadequate to indicate a significant association between anxiety and AF recurrence. Therefore, in this study, we performed a meta‐analysis of cohort studies to systematically evaluate the association between anxiety and the risk of AF recurrence after catheter ablation.…”

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Anxiety is associated with higher recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: A meta‐analysis

Yang

et al. 2022

Clinical Cardiology

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Previous studies that evaluated the influence of anxiety on recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after catheter ablation showed inconsistent results. We performed a meta‐analysis of cohort study to systematically evaluate the association between anxiety and AF recurrence after catheter ablation. Electronic databases of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched for relevant cohort studies from inception to January 20, 2021. We applied the random‐effect model to combine the results to incorporate the potential influence of heterogeneity among studies. Five cohort studies were eligible for the meta‐analysis, which included 549 patients with AF that received catheter ablation. No significant heterogeneity was observed among the included studies (I2 = 7%, P for Cochrane's Q test = 0.37). During a mean follow‐up of 9.7 months, 216 (39.3%) cases of recurrent AF occurred. Results of the meta‐analysis showed that anxiety was independently associated with an increased risk of AF recurrence after catheter ablation (adjusted relative risk: 2.36, 95% confidence interval: 1.71–3.26; p < .001). Subgroup analyses did not show that differences in study characteristics including study design, ethnicity of the patients, sample size, AF type, anxiety evaluation method, follow‐up duration, or adjustment of LAD may significantly affect the association between anxiety and AF recurrence (p for subgroup difference all > .10). Anxiety may be an independent risk factor for AF recurrence after catheter ablation. Whether alleviating anxiety mood could reduce the risk of AF recurrence after catheter ablation should also be investigated.

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“…Of them, 10 studies were further excluded because of reasons listed in Figure 1 . Finally, five cohort studies 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 were included.…”

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