Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Specific Considerations for the Old Age

Table 3

Catheter ablation of AF in the elderly.

	Haegeli et al. [57]	Bunch et al. [58]	Tan et al. [59]	Zado et al. [60]
Inclusion age (years)	≥65	≥80	≥80	65–74
			70–79	≥75
			60–69
Mean age (years)	69±3.5	82±2	84±5	68±3
			75±4	77±2
			66±4
Number of patients	45	35	49	185
			151	32
			177
Number of procedures	53	35	53	228
			174	34
			209
Paroxysmal AF (%)	87	46	55	62
			53	53
			51
Ablation strategy	PVI ± linear	PVI ± linear	PVI	PVI
	lesions	Lesions
Mean F/U (months)	6	12	18	27
Periprocedural complication rate (%)
(i) Pericardial tamponade	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.4
(ii) Deep venous thrombosis	0	2.8	0.9	0
(iii) CVA/TIA	0	0	0.7	0.8
(iv) Retroperitoneal bleeding	0	0	0.7	0.4
(v) Pseudoaneurysm/AV fistula	030	0	0.5	2.7
Freedom of AF	74%	78%	70%	84%
			72%	86%
			74%

PVI: pulmonary vein isolation; CVA: cerebral vascular accident; TIA: transient ischemic attack.