Managing atrial fibrillation in the very elderly patient: challenges and solutions

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Table 1 Summary of studies addressing the role of catheter ablation of AF in the elderly patients

Study	Number of patients	Technique	AF type	Compared age groups (years)	Success rate (%)	Major complications in the elderly (%)
Zado et al^Citation55	32	PVI plus ablation of focal sources	PAF	<65	89	2.9
			PersAF	65–74	84
				>75	86
Bhargava et al^Citation56	103	PVI	PAF	>60	82	3
			PersAF	51–60	83
			PermAF	<50	85
Kusumoto et al^Citation57	61	PVI	PAF	>75	61	0
			PersAF	65–75	84
Tan et al^Citation58	49	PVAI	PAF	>80	70	0.04
			PersAF	70–79	72
			PermAF	60–69	74
Bunch et al^Citation59	35	PVAI plus linear lesions	PAF	>80	75	0.057
			PersAF	<80	78
Liu et al^Citation60	2,970	PVAI	PAF	>60	77	4.53
			PersAF	>60	79
			PermAF
Lioni et al^Citation61	95	PVAI	PAF	≥65	58	3.2
				<65	67

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; PAF, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; PersAF, persistent atrial fibrillation; PermAF, permanent atrial fibrillation; PVI, pulmonary vein isolation; PVAI, pulmonary vein antral isolation.

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