Influence of gender on cardiac tamponade following atrial fibrillation ablation
Ruan Yanfei
Li Linling
Zhao Qianqian
Zhang Mengxia
Liu Nian
Du Xin
Dong Jianzeng
Ma Changsheng
Abstract：Objective To analyze the relation between gender and cardiac tamponade following atrial fibrillation ablation.Methods From January 2013 to December 2016,5 313 patients undergoing initial atrial fibrillation radiofrequency catheter ablation in Beijing Anzhen Hospital,Capital Medical University were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into male group(3 524 cases) and female group(1 789 cases).Relation between gender and the occurrence of cardiac tamponade was analyzed.Results Cardiac tamponade occurred in 41 patients (0.8％).The incidence of cardiac tamponade was identical between male group and female group [0.8％ (27/3 524) vs 0.8％ (14/1 789)] (P =0.949).The volume of pericardial drainage was comparable between the two groups [(436 ± 349) ml vs (309 ± 133) ml] (P =0.198).Four cases of delayed cardiac tarnponade occurred in each group;1 patient in male group had emergency cardiac repair through surgical thoracotomy.No patients died in hospital.Subgroup analysis stratified by age (60 years old),oral anticoagulants,left atrium dimension(40 mm),left ventricular ejection fraction(64％) and procedure duration(120 min) revealed that female did not increase the incidence of cardiac tamponade (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Female dose not increase the risk of cardiac tamponade following atrial fibrillation ablation.
Keywords：Atrial fibrillationRadiofrequency catheter ablationGenderCardiac tamponade
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1285-1288 )