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Mapping and catheter ablation of postmyocardial infarction ventricular tachycardia: a substrate-based approach
Statins do not reduce atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation in postmenopausal females
Pulmonary vein antrum isolation, atrioventricular junction ablation, and antiarrhythmic drugs combined with direct current cardioversion: survival rates at 7 years follow-up
Omega-3 polyunsaturated Fatty Acid supplementation reduced atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein antrum isolation
OBJECTIVE: To assess if patients treated with omega-3(n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAS) had lower procedural failure rates compared to an untreated population. METHODS AND RESULTS: From January 2004 to 2007, 1500 PVAI patients underwent catheter ablation. Two hundred and eighty five (19%) patients were treated with PUFAs. These patients were matched in a nested case controlled analysis. After matching, there were 129 patients in the PUFA group and 129 in the control group. Thirty-five (27.1%) patients in the study group had early recurrence vs. 57 (44.1%) in the control group p-value< 0.0001. Twenty-nine (23.2%) patients in the PUFA group vs. 41 (31.7%) in the non-PUFA group had procedural failure (p-value < 0.003). There were no significant differences in complications in the PUFA and non-PUFA groups. CONCLUSION: Patients treated with PUFAs had lower incidences of early recurrence and procedural failure compared to an untreated population