2022
Safety and Effectiveness of a Catheter With Contact Force and 6-Hole Irrigation for Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Routine Clinical Practice
Dhruva SS, Zhang S, Chen J, Noseworthy PA, Doshi AA, Agboola KM, Herrin J, Jiang G, Yu Y, Cafri G, Farr K, Ervin KR, Ross JS, Coplan PM, Drozda JP. Safety and Effectiveness of a Catheter With Contact Force and 6-Hole Irrigation for Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Routine Clinical Practice. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2227134. PMID: 35976649, PMCID: PMC9386540, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent AF ablationRoutine clinical practiceMercy HealthAF ablationMayo ClinicSafety outcomesClinical practiceCatheter groupCohort studyCatheter ablationPersistent AFParoxysmal atrial fibrillation ablationThermocool SmartTouch catheterComposite of deathPrimary safety outcomeAtrial fibrillation ablationPersistent atrial fibrillationElectronic health record dataHealth system dataHealth record dataHealth care systemSmartTouch catheterThromboembolic eventsFibrillation ablationProcedural complications
2021
Physical activity, patient-reported symptoms, and clinical events: Insights into postprocedural recovery from personal digital devices
Bartlett VL, Ross JS, Shah ND, Ciaccio L, Akar JG, Noseworthy PA, Dhruva SS. Physical activity, patient-reported symptoms, and clinical events: Insights into postprocedural recovery from personal digital devices. Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal 2021, 2: 212-221. PMID: 35265911, PMCID: PMC8890038, DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdhj.2021.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient-reported outcome measuresMedian daily stepsAtrial fibrillationDaily stepsPostprocedural recoveryBariatric surgeryClinical eventsAF ablation patientsPatient-reported symptomsElectronic health record dataUsual clinical settingSignificant mean decreaseHealth record dataAntiarrhythmic drug prescriptionAblation patientsAF ablationCatheter ablationDrug prescriptionsPatient recoveryOutcome measuresPROM dataPhysical activityMean decreasePatientsRhythm assessment