Sex‐ and Age‐Dependent Outcomes of Cryoablation in Atrial Fibrillation: A 3‐ and 6‐Month Post‐Procedural QoL Analysis
Fotini Mitropoulou, Dimitris Tsiachris, Ioannis Doundoulakis, Stergios Soulaidopoulos, Dimitrios Delialis, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Antonis S Manolis · 2026
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Fotini Mitropoulou and co-authors follow a 2026 cohort of 150 atrial fibrillation patients through recovery after cryoablation, asking who bounces back fastest. Quality of life was measured with the SF-36 survey before the procedure and at three and six months after it. The team looked for age and sex patterns in physical and mental component scores.
Overall scores climbed from a baseline of 57.5 to reach 77.1 at three months and 80.1 at six months in the group's results. Patients aged 65 and younger gained more function than older adults at both check-ins. Men seemed to improve a touch faster, but that sex gap faded after statistical correction. Younger age stood as the strongest independent predictor of recovery, ahead of paroxysmal AF type and starting ejection fraction. The authors advise tailoring follow-up talks to demographic recovery profiles.
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| CREATOR | Fotini Mitropoulou, Dimitris Tsiachris, Ioannis Doundoulakis, Stergios Soulaidopoulos, Dimitrios Delialis, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Antonis S Manolis |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25562 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |