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Background Rhythm control may improve functional capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Long‐term exercise tolerance improvement and its prognostic implications following catheter‐ablation (CA) of paroxysmal and nonparoxysmal AF are underreported. Methods and Results Consecutive patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing just before and 12 months after their index CA of AF. Follow‐up 24‐hour Holter recordings were obtained at 6‐month intervals post‐CA, and any atrial arrhythmia &gt;30 seconds detected after 3 months postprocedure was considered AF recurrence. Of 110 patients (mean age 57.5±10.6 years, 77.2% males) with paroxysmal AF (n=66) or nonparoxysmal AF (n=44), the 12‐month exercise tolerance improved significantly in those who maintained sinus rhythm during the first 12 months post‐CA (n=96), but not in patients with AF recurrence (n=14). After CA, the 12‐month respiratory exchange ratio at maximal workload significantly increased in patients with paroxysmal AF, whereas those with nonparoxysmal AF significantly reduced their heart rate during the 12‐month cardiopulmonary exercise testing (allP ≤0.001). During the follow‐up of 42.8±7.8 months, a total of 29 patients (26.3%) experienced recurrent AF. On multivariate analysis including patients without recurrent AF at 12 months after CA, the extent of work time improvement at follow‐up cardiopulmonary exercise testing was independently associated with the rhythm outcome beyond 12 months postprocedure (hazard ratio of 0.936 [95% CI, 0.894–0.979] for each 10 seconds increase in the work time following ablation,P =0.004).Conclusions CA of AF was associated with recovery of exercise intolerance in patients with paroxysmal AF or nonparoxysmal AF. Inability to improve exercise capacity at 12 months post‐CA was an independent risk factor for later AF recurrence.

journal of the american heart association. cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease

Improvement of Maximal Exercise Performance After Catheter‐Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation and Its Prognostic Significance for Long‐Term Rhythm Outcome