NURSE-led Follow-up in Patients Undergoing CATheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Assessing the Nurse-led Educational Intervention in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The study aims to examine the effect of nurse-led education program on quality of life, atrial fibrillation (AF) risk factors, AF symptomatology, arrhythmia recurrence rate, and readmission rate after AF catheter ablation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Derivatives from the outpatient clinic of the center itself, as well as patients referred from other centers that have ours as a reference for a first AF ablation procedure.
• Have signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with cognitive impairment or disorientation.
• Patients with problems of comprehension or expression of Spanish or Catalan.
• Patients who are part of the medical or nursing group.
• Patient with defined heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 40% and a NYHA III or IV.