Alcohol Consumption Reduction and Clinical Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Jun;14(6):e009770. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009770. Epub 2021 May 17.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (Y. Takahashi, M.G., T.S.), Clinical Research Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
² Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Saitama Hospital (J.N., O.I., K.M.).
³ Department of Cardiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital (A.K., Y. Sasaki).
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center (Y. Sakamoto, D.Y.).
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital (Y.N., M.K.).
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Medical Center (K.T., Y. Tanimoto).
⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center (S.M., R.I.).
⁸ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jikei University (T.Y., S.Y.).
⁹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital (N.M.).
¹⁰ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Japan (K.S.).
¹¹ Division of Biostatistics and Data Science (H.S., R.H., A.H.), Clinical Research Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

Abstract

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Keywords: alcohol abstinence; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; pulmonary vein; recurrence.