How important is the assessment of quality of life after pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
S.-H. Lee and S.-A. Chen Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, and Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan; Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital Taiwan Correspondence: Shih-Ann Chen, MD, Division of Cardiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201 Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan. Tel.: +866-2-28757156; Fax: +866-2-28735656. E-mail: epsachen{at}ms41.hinet.net’ + u + ‘@’ + d + ”//–> Key Words: Quality of life, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, pulmonary vein isolation, ablation Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common symptomatic arrhythmias. In addition to clinical symptoms, patients with AF have an increased risk of stroke and it can cause decrease in exercise tolerance and left ventricular function. The growing interest in the quality of life in patients with AF is related to recent clinical findings, such as patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF having markedly impaired quality of life compared with a hea
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