Gender differences in outcomes after surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

Abstract

Women sought surgery treatment at older ages and with more heart failure. No gender-based differences were found in stroke, overall survival, or procedure success, after propensity-score matching.

Are there gender differences in patients with acute type A aortic dissection?

“…However, only 1 previous study has focused on sex-related differences in patients undergoing surgical repair of AAAD using data from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). 2 In that study, postoperative outcomes were significantly worse in female patients compared with male patients.…”

“…The sexrelated differences that are seen after cardiovascular surgery may be related to a sex-specific clustering of preoperative characteristics. 2 Considering the impact of preoperative characteristics, especially serious conditions, on operative mortality risk for patients with ATAAD, generalized ischemia (shock or hypotension), 3,4 critical organ-specific ischemias (ie, mesentery, coronary, and cerebral ischemias), [5][6][7] and cardiac tamponade 8 have been repeatedly demonstrated as independent predictors of operative mortality by a number of investigators. As Fukui and colleagues 1 pointed out, there was only a single study dealing with sex-related differences in patients undergoing repaired ATAAD, which used data from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection.…”

Biatrial or Left Atrial Lesion Set for Ablation During Mitral Surgery: Risks and Benefits

“…The postoperative management protocol for AF [10] included patient discharge on a regimen of antiarrhythmic drugs and anticoagulation therapy unless contraindicated. Cardioversion was recommended for recurrent atrial flutter or AF after surgery.…”

Quality of life improves after thoracoscopic surgical ablation of advanced atrial fibrillation: Results of the Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and Autonomic Modulation via Thoracoscopic Surgery (AFACT) study

“…We found no QoL difference with regard to gender. 26 Previous studies investigated the impact of the AF burden or symptom burden on QoL after catheter ablation. Similar to the results after thoracoscopic surgery presented in this article, patients with a high burden of AF show no improvement or even a decrease of QoL after catheter ablation.…”