Role of Gender in Long-term Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12620000429954

Acronym

GENDER-AF

Enrollment

826

Registered

2020-04-01

Start date

2018-12-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-04-06

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

There is significant disparity in the current literature regarding outcomes of AF ablation between sexes. There is a strong male dominance in the data to date. Current literature comprises of small studies, with short follow-up and inconsistent outcomes. Based on the short term studies to date, women tend to present older and fair worse despite having less co-morbidities.

Interventions

Data will be from a prospectively collected registry of patients who have undergone catheter ablation and will be ongoing. Participants will not be required to provide any additional data. All parameters and data will be collected from reviews and test that have been undertaken as part of their standard clinical follow-up. Standard follow-up is 3monthly for the first year following ablation then yearly thereafter.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who had completed 12 months of follow-up after the inital procedure.

Exclusion criteria

Patients who have had <12 months follow-up. Patients <18 or >90 years of age Patients who have not undergone ablation for AF

Outcome results