Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Invasive therapies for patients with concomitant heart failure and atrial fibrillation

  • Published:
Heart Failure Reviews Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are two clinical entities that can present either separately or concurrently. One entity can lead to the other and vice versa as AF can not only be the underlying etiology of HF but also exacerbate HF due to other cardiac diseases. Besides prevention of cerebral and systemic embolism and elimination of AF-related symptoms, restoration of sinus rhythm for AF patients helps to avoid or reduce HF, irrespective of their underlying heart disease. Successful rates of medical therapy for AF are low in persistent AF, and much lower in long-standing AF, while invasive procedures for AF yield promising results. In this review, the authors evaluate the value of invasive therapies for HF patients complicated with non-valvular AF. We examine this clinical problem by interpreting the relationships between these two entities: the mechanism of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC), past opinions about rhythm control and rate control of AF, discrimination of HF-related AF and AF-induced HF, how to identify the AF patients that could benefit from invasive therapies, and how to select invasive therapies for different AF patients and peri-operative treatments.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Lishmanov A, Chockalingam P, Senthilkumar A, Chockalingam A (2010) Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: evaluation and therapeutic options. Congest Heart Fail 16:122–126

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Sairaku A, Nakano Y, Oda N et al (2014) Incomplete cure of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy secondary to rapid atrial fibrillation by heart rate control without sinus conversion. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 25(10):1037–1043

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Nassir FM, Johannes B, Dietrich A et al (2018) Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation with heart failure. N Engl J Med 378(5):417–427

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Verheule S, Wilson E, Everett TT et al (2003) Alterations in atrial electrophysiology and tissue structure in a canine model of chronic atrial dilatation due to mitral regurgitation. Circulation. 107:2615–2622

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  5. Li D, Melnyk P, Feng J, Wang Z, Petrecca K, Shrier A, Nattel S (2000) Effects of experimental heart failure on atrial cellular and ionic electrophysiology. Circulation. 101:2631–2638

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Sanders P, Morton JB, Davidson NC, Spence SJ, Vohra JK, Sparks PB, Kalman JM (2003) Electrical remodeling of the atria in congestive heart failure: electrophysiological and electrophysiological and electroanatomic mapping in humans. Circulation. 108:1461–1468

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Wei W, Rao F, Liu FZ, Xue Y, Deng C, Wang Z, Zhu J, Yang H, Li X, Zhang M, Fu Y, Zhu W, Shan Z, Wu S (2018) Involvement of Smad3 pathway in atrial fibrosis induced by elevated hydrostatic pressure. J Cell Physiol 233(6):4981–4989

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Everett TH, Olgin JE (2007) Atrial fibrosis and the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 4:S24–S27

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Boos CJ, Anderson RA, Lip GY (2006) Is atrial fibrillation an inflammatory disorder? Eur Heart J 27:136–149

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Boo CJ, Lip GY (2008) Inflammation and atrial fibrillation: cause or effect? Heart. 94:133–134

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Reil JC, Hohl M, Selejan S, Lipp P, Drautz F, Kazakow A, Münz BM, Müller P, Steendijk P, Reil GH, Allessie MA, Böhm M, Neuberger HR (2012) Aldosterone promotes atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 33:2098–2108

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Khasnis A, Jongnarangsin K, Abela G et al (2005) Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: a review of literature. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:710–721

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Deedwania PC, Lardizabal JA (2010) Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: a comprehensive review. Am J Med 123:198–204

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Calvo N, Bisbal F, Guiu E, Ramos P, Nadal M, Tolosana JM, Arbelo E, Berruezo A, Sitges M, Brugada J, Mont L (2013) Impact of atrial fibrillation-induced tachycardiomyopathy in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation. Int J Cardiol 168:4093–4097

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Ellis ER, Josephson ME (2013) What about tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy? Arrhythmia Electrophysiol Rev 2(2):82–90

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Brill IC (1937) Auricular fibrillation with congestive failure and no other evidence of organic heart disease. Am Heart J 13:175–182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Parkinson J, Campbell M (1930) Paroxysmal auricular fibrillation: a record of two hundred patients. Q J Med 24:67–100

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Phillips E, Levine S (1949) Auricular fibrillation without other evidence of heart disease: a cause of reversible heart failure. Am J Med 7:478–489

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Ellis ER, Josephson ME (2013) What about tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy? Arrhythmia Electrophysiol Rev 2(2):82–90

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Riegger AJ, Liebau G (1982) The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, antidiuretic hormone and sympathetic nerve activity in an experimental model of congestive heart failure in the dog. Clin Sci (Lond) 62:465–469

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Moe GW, Stopps TP, Angus C, Forster C, de Bold AJ, Armstrong PW (1989) Alterations in serum sodium in relation to atrial natriuretic factor and other neuroendocrine variables in experimental pacing-induced heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 13:173–179

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  22. Moe GW, Canepa-Anson R, Armstrong PW (1992) Atrial natriuretic factor: pharmacokinetics and cyclic GMP response in relation to biologic effects in severe heart failure. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 19:691–700

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. Moe GW, Grima EA, Wong NL et al (1993) Dual natriuretic peptide system in experimental heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 22:891–898

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  24. Van Gelder IC, Crijns HJ, Blanksma PK et al (1993) Time course of hemodynamic changes and improvement of exercise tolerance after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation unassociated with cardiac valve disease. Am J Cardiol 72:560–566

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Maggioni AP, Dahlstrom U, Filippatos G et al (2013) EURObservational Research Programme: regional differences and 1-year follow-up results of the Heart Failure Pilot Survey (ESC-HF Pilot). Eur J Heart Fail 15:808–817

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Corley SD, Epstein AE, DiMarco JP et al (2004) Relationships between sinus rhythm, treatment, and survival in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) Study. Circulation. 109:1509–1513

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  27. Roy D, Talajic M, Nattel S, Wyse DG, Dorian P, Lee KL, Bourassa MG, Arnold JMO, Buxton AE, Camm AJ, Connolly SJ, Dubuc M, Ducharme A, Guerra PG, Hohnloser SH, Lambert J, le Heuzey JY, O’Hara G, Pedersen OD, Rouleau JL, Singh BN, Stevenson LW, Stevenson WG, Thibault B, Waldo AL (2008) Rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. N Engl J Med 358:2667–2677

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. Van Gelder IC, Hagens VE, Bosker HA et al (2002) A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with recurrent persistent atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med 347:1834–1840

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  29. Kheiri B, Osman M, Abdalla A et al (2018) Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation with heart failure: an updated meta-analysis of randomized trials. Int J Cardiol S0167–5273(18):32169–32167

    Google Scholar 

  30. Pedersen OD, Bagger H, Keller N, Marchant B, Køber L, Torp-Pedersen C (2001) Efficacy of dofetilide in the treatment of atrial fibrillation-flutter in patients with reduced left ventricular function: a Danish investigations of arrhythmia and mortality on dofetilide (DIAMOND) substudy. Circulation. 104(3):292–296

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  31. Hagens VE, Crijns HJ, Van Veldhuisen DJ et al (2005) Rate control versus rhythm control for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation with mild to moderate heart failure: results from the RAte Control versus Electrical cardioversion (RACE) study. Am Heart J 149(6):1106–1111

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  32. Shelton RJ, Clark AL, Goode K, Rigby AS, Houghton T, Kaye GC, Cleland JGF (2009) A randomised, controlled study of rate versus rhythm control in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation and heart failure: (CAFÉ-II Study). Heart. 95:924–930

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Wang M, Cai S, Ding W, Deng Y, Zhao Q (2017) Efficacy and effects on cardiac function of radiofrequency catheter ablation vs. direct current cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. PLoS One 12(3):e0174510

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. Prabhu S, Ling LH, Ullah W et al (2016) The impact of known heart disease on long-term outcome s of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation and left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a multicenter international study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 27(3):281–289

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  35. Hunter RJ, Berriman TJ, Diab I, Kamdar R, Richmond L, Baker V, Goromonzi F, Sawhney V, Duncan E, Page SP, Ullah W, Unsworth B, Mayet J, Dhinoja M, Earley MJ, Sporton S, Schilling RJ (2014) A randomized controlled trial of catheter ablation versus medical treatment of atrial fibrillation in heart failure (the CAMTAF trial). Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 7:31–38

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  36. Jones DG, Haldar SK, Hussain W, Sharma R, Francis DP, Rahman-Haley SL, McDonagh TA, Underwood SR, Markides V, Wong T (2013) A randomized trial to assess catheter ablation versus rate control in the management of persistent atrial fibrillation in heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 61:1894–1903

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  37. MacDonald MR, Connelly DT, Hawkins NM et al (2011) Radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with advanced heart failure and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a randomised controlled trial. Heart. 97:740–747

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  38. Cappato R, Calkins H, Chen SA et al (2010) Updated worldwide survey on the methods, efficacy, and safety of catheter ablation for human atrial fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 3:323–328

    Google Scholar 

  39. Khasnis A, Jongnarangsin K, Abela G et al (2005) Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: a review of literature. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:710–721

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  40. Umana E, Solares CA, AlpertMA: Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy. Am J Med 2003;114:51–55

  41. Lishmanov A, Chockalingam P, Senthilkumar A, Chockalingam A (2010) Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: evaluation and therapeutic options. Congest Heart Fail 16:122–126

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  42. Mountantonakis SE, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Bhatt DL, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Fonarow GC (2012) Presence of atrial fibrillation is independently associated with adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis of get with the guidelines-heart failure. Circ Heart Fail 5(2):191–201

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  43. Wasywich CA, Pope AJ, Somartne J et al (2010) Atrial fibrillation and the risk of death in patients with heart failure: a literature-based meta-analysis. Intern Med J 40:347–356

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  44. Wang TJ, Larson MG, Levy D, Vasan RS, Leip EP, Wolf PA, D’Agostino RB, Murabito JM, Kannel WB, Benjamin EJ (2003) Temporal relations of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure and their joint influence on mortality: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 107:2920–2925

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  45. Maisel WH, Stevenson LW (2003) Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and rationale for therapy. Am J Cardiol 91:2D–8D

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  46. Smit MD, Moes ML, Maass AH, Achekar ID, van Geel PP, Hillege HL, van Veldhuisen DJ, van Gelder IC (2012) The importance of whether atrial fibrillation or heart failure develops first. Eur J Heart Fail 14(9):1030–1040

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  47. Folkeringa J, Crijns HJGM, Van Veldhuisen DJ (2004) Prognosis of atrial fibrillation in congestive heart failure. Circulation. 109:e11

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  48. Yamada T, Fukunami M, Shimonagata T, Kumagai K, Ogita H, Asano Y, Hirata A, Hori M, Hoki N (2000) Prediction of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with congestive heart failure: a prospective study FREE. J Am Coll Cardiol 35(2):405–413

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  49. Kirchhof P, Benussi S, Kotecha D, Ahlsson A, Atar D, Casadei B, Castella M, Diener HC, Heidbuchel H, Hendriks J, Hindricks G, Manolis AS, Oldgren J, Popescu BA, Schotten U, van Putte B, Vardas P, Agewall S, Camm J, Baron Esquivias G, Budts W, Carerj S, Casselman F, Coca A, de Caterina R, Deftereos S, Dobrev D, Ferro JM, Filippatos G, Fitzsimons D, Gorenek B, Guenoun M, Hohnloser SH, Kolh P, Lip GYH, Manolis A, McMurray J, Ponikowski P, Rosenhek R, Ruschitzka F, Savelieva I, Sharma S, Suwalski P, Tamargo JL, Taylor CJ, van Gelder IC, Voors AA, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Zeppenfeld K (2016) 2016 ESC guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. Europace. 18(11):1609–1678

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  50. Kosiuk J, Nedios S, Darma A, Rolf S, Richter S, Arya A, Piorkowski C, Gaspar T, Sommer P, Husser D, Hindricks G, Bollmann A (2014) Impact of single atrial fibrillation catheter ablation on implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies in patients with ischaemic and nonischaemic cardiomyopathies. Europace. 16(9):1322–1326

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  51. Kato K, Ejima K, Fukushima N, Ishizawa M, Wakisaka O, Henmi R, Yoshida K, Nuki T, Arai K, Yashiro B, Manaka T, Ashihara K, Shoda M, Hagiwara N (2016) Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with severely impaired left ventricular systolic function. Heart Vessel 31(4):584–592

    Article  Google Scholar 

  52. Link MS, Haïssaguerre M, Natale A (2016) Ablation of atrial fibrillation: patient selection, periprocedural anticoagulation, techniques, and preventive measures after ablation. Circulation. 134(4):339–352

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  53. Prabhu S, Ling LH, Ullah W et al (2016) The impact of known heart disease on long-term outcomes of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation and left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a multicenter international study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 27(3):281–289

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  54. Nedios S, Sommer P, Dagres N, Kosiuk J, Arya A, Richter S, Gaspar T, Kanagkinis N, Dinov B, Piorkowski C, Bollmann A, Hindricks G, Rolf S (2014) Long-term follow-up after atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function: the importance of rhythm and rate control. Heart Rhythm 11:344–351

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  55. Hideharu O, Takahiro O, Hideaki K et al (2015) Impact of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on outcome of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ J 79:419–424

    Article  Google Scholar 

  56. Arora S, Lahewala S, Tripathi B et al (2018) Causes and predictors of readmission in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation: a national population-based cohort study. J Am Heart Assoc 7(12):e009294

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  57. Bai R, Di Biase L, Mohanty P et al (2016) Proven isolation of the pulmonary vein antrum with or without left atrial posterior wall isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 13(1):132–140

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  58. Kirchhof P, Benussi S, Kotecha D, Ahlsson A, Atar D, Casadei B, Castella M, Diener HC, Heidbuchel H, Hendriks J, Hindricks G, Manolis AS, Oldgren J, Popescu BA, Schotten U, van Putte B, Vardas P, Agewall S, Camm J, Baron Esquivias G, Budts W, Carerj S, Casselman F, Coca A, de Caterina R, Deftereos S, Dobrev D, Ferro JM, Filippatos G, Fitzsimons D, Gorenek B, Guenoun M, Hohnloser SH, Kolh P, Lip GYH, Manolis A, McMurray J, Ponikowski P, Rosenhek R, Ruschitzka F, Savelieva I, Sharma S, Suwalski P, Tamargo JL, Taylor CJ, van Gelder IC, Voors AA, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Zeppenfeld K (2016) 2016 ESC guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. Eur Heart J 37:2893–2962

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  59. Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Mohanty P et al (2010) Left atrial appendage: an underrecognized trigger site of atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 122(2):109–118

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  60. Calkins H, Hindricks G, Cappato R, Kim YH, Saad EB, Aguinaga L, Akar JG, Badhwar V, Brugada J, Camm J, Chen PS, Chen SA, Chung MK, Nielsen JC, Curtis AB, Davies DW, Day JD, d’Avila A, de Groot NMS(N), di Biase L, Duytschaever M, Edgerton JR, Ellenbogen KA, Ellinor PT, Ernst S, Fenelon G, Gerstenfeld EP, Haines DE, Haissaguerre M, Helm RH, Hylek E, Jackman WM, Jalife J, Kalman JM, Kautzner J, Kottkamp H, Kuck KH, Kumagai K, Lee R, Lewalter T, Lindsay BD, Macle L, Mansour M, Marchlinski FE, Michaud GF, Nakagawa H, Natale A, Nattel S, Okumura K, Packer D, Pokushalov E, Reynolds MR, Sanders P, Scanavacca M, Schilling R, Tondo C, Tsao HM, Verma A, Wilber DJ, Yamane T (2018) 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation. Europace. 20(1):157–208

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  61. Pokushalov E, Romanov A, Elesin D et al (2013) Catheter versus surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation after a failed initial pulmonary vein isolation procedure: a randomized controlled trial. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 24(12):1338–1343

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  62. Boersma LV, Castella M, van Boven W et al (2012) Atrial fibrillation catheter ablation versus surgical ablation treatment (FAST): a 2-center randomized clinical trial. Circulation. 125(1):23–30

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  63. Phan K, Phan S, Thiagalingam A, Medi C, Yan TD (2016) Thoracoscopic surgical ablation versus catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 49(4):1044–1051

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  64. Krul SP, Pison L, La Meir M et al (2014) Epicardial and endocardial electrophysiological guided thoracoscopic surgery for atrial fibrillation: a multidisciplinary approach of atrial fibrillation ablation in challenging patients. Int J Cardiol 173(2):229–235

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  65. Probst J, Jidéus L, Blomström P, Zemgulis V, Wassberg E, Lönnerholm S, Malmborg H, Blomström Lundqvist C (2016) Thoracoscopic epicardial left atrial ablation in symptomatic patients with atrial fibrillation. Europace. 18(10):1538–1544

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  66. Gelsomino S, Van Breugel HN, Pison L et al (2014) Hybrid thoracoscopic and transvenous catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 45(3):401–407

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  67. Bulava A (2018) Hybrid procedures for persistent atrial fibrillation: necessity and timing of the catheter ablation stage. J Thorac Dis 10(1):E83–E86

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  68. Bulava A, Mokracek A, Kurfirst V (2017) Delayed electroanatomic mapping after surgical ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. Ann Thorac Surg 104(6):2024–2029

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  69. Budera P, Osmancik P, Herman D, Zdarska J, Talavera D, Mala A, Prochazkova R, Straka Z (2017) Midterm outcomes of two-staged hybrid ablation of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation using the versapolar epicardial surgical device and subsequent catheter ablation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 50(2):187–194

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  70. Brignole M, Botto GL, Mont L, Oddone D, Iacopino S, de Marchi G, Campoli M, Sebastiani V, Vincenti A, Garcia Medina D, Osca Asensi J, Mocini A, Grovale N, de Santo T, Menozzi C (2012) Predictors of clinical efficacy of ‘Ablate and Pace’ therapy in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. Heart. 98(4):297–302

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  71. Huang W, Su L, Wu S et al (2017) Benefits of permanent His bundle pacing combined with atrioventricular node ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure with both preserved and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. J Am Heart Assoc 1(4):6

    Google Scholar 

  72. WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, Yancy CW, Jessup M et al (2016) 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA focused update on new pharmacological therapy for heart failure: an update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Task Force on clinical practice guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America. Circulation. 134(13):e282–e293

    Article  Google Scholar 

  73. Strisciuglio T, Di Gioia G, Chatzikyriakou S et al (2018) Left atrial volume computed by 3D rotational angiography best predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation. Int J Card Imaging 34(3):337–342

    Article  Google Scholar 

  74. Di Lullo L, Bellasi A, Barbera V et al (2017) Pathophysiology of the cardiorenal syndromes types 1-5: an uptodate. Indian Heart J 69(2):255–265

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  75. Suzuki S, Sagara K, Otsuka T, Matsuno S, Funada R, Uejima T, Oikawa Y, Koike A, Nagashima K, Kirigaya H, Yajima J, Sawada H, Aizawa T, Yamashita T (2012) Gender-specific relationship between serum uric acid level and atrial fibrillation prevalence. Circ J 76(3):607–611

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  76. He XN, Li SN, Zhan JL et al (2013) Serum uric acid levels correlate with recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation. Chin Med J 126(5):860–864

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  77. Liao HT, Liu FZ, Xue YM et al (2015) Predictive value of serum uric acid on left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients. J Geriatr Cardiol 12(6):641–646

    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  78. Liu FZ, Liao HT, Lin WD et al (2018) Predictive effect of hyperuricemia on left atrial stasis in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients. Int J Cardiol (17):37479-X

Download references

Funding

This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Fund of China (81670314), Guangdong Science and Technology Project (2017A020215054), and Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan (2014Y2-00196 and 201508020261).

Author information

Author notes

  1. Wei Wei and Michael Shehata contributed equally to this work.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Wei, Xunzhang Wang, Fang Rao, Xianzhan Zhan, Huiming Guo, Xianhong Fang, Hongtao Liao, Jian Liu, Hai Deng, Yang Liu, Yumei Xue & Shulin Wu

  2. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, No. 96, Dongchuan Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Wei, Fang Rao, Xianzhan Zhan, Xianhong Fang, Hongtao Liao, Hai Deng, Yang Liu, Yumei Xue & Shulin Wu

  3. Heart Institute Los Angeles, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    Michael Shehata & Xunzhang Wang

  4. Research Center of Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Fang Rao

Authors
  1. Wei Wei
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Michael Shehata
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Xunzhang Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Fang Rao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Xianzhan Zhan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Huiming Guo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Xianhong Fang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Hongtao Liao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Jian Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Hai Deng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Yang Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. Yumei Xue
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. Shulin Wu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Yumei Xue or Shulin Wu.

Additional information

Publisher’s note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Wei, W., Shehata, M., Wang, X. et al. Invasive therapies for patients with concomitant heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Heart Fail Rev 24, 821–829 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-019-09795-0

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-019-09795-0

Keywords

Search

Navigation