| Author, year |
No of patients |
Findings |
|
Mohanty et al., 2012 [60]
|
1496; 485 with MS |
Higher recurrence rate of AF after catheter ablation in patients with MS (39% vs. 32%, p=0.005; mean follow up 21 months). No difference in subgroup with paroxysmal AF |
|
Tang et al., 2009 [75]
|
654; 323 with MS |
Patients with MS post catheter ablation had higher rate of recurrence (43.7% vs. 30.5%, p<0.001; mean follow up of 470 days) |
|
Chang et al., 2009 [61]
|
282; 53 with MS |
Higher rate of recurrence of AF after catheter ablation in patients with MS (45% vs. 24%, p=0.037) |
|
Cai et al., 2011 [62]
|
186; 61 with MS |
Metabolic syndrome was an independent predictor of late recurrence of AF (OR 4.41, 95% CI 1.56-12.46, p=0.005) after catheter ablation along with obesity, procedural failure and early recurrence of atrial fibrillation |
|
Berkowitsch et al., 2012 [63]
|
702; 276 with MS |
Recurrence of AF after catheter ablation higher in patients with MS (56.4% vs 46.4%) |
