title: Management of atrial fibrillation in patients with congenital heart defects.
abstract: Due to improved surgical technologies and post-operative care, long-term survival has improved in patients with congenital heart disease. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasingly observed in this aging population and is associated with morbidity and mortality; however, reports about the pathophysiology and the outcome of different treatment modalities of AF are still scarce in patients with congenital heart disease. In this review, the authors describe the epidemiology, pathophysiology and outcome of the different therapies of AF in this specific patient population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Unit Translational Electrophysiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Ba-579, 's Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Christophe P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Teuwen
authors.forename: Tanwier T T K
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Ramdjan
authors.forename: Natasja M S
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: de Groot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012306:Risk
keywords: atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; congenital heart disease; mapping; pharmacological therapy; pulmonary veins isolation