Evaluation on the quality of life of permanent atrial fibrillation patients treated by AV node ablation and pacemaker implantation with SF-36

Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of AV node ablation and pacemaker implantation(ABL+PM) on the quality of life in the patients with permanent atrial fibrillation(AF). Method:The cardiac function was measured in 19 patients with permanent AF diagnosed by conventional 2-Dimensional echocardiography. The quality of life between baseline and after 6 months treatments was observed according to SF-36(Chinese edition). The data were compared by the t-test of pair-matching materials. Result:Both cardiac function and quality of life were significantly improved after 6 months treatments(P0.01) compared with the baseline indexes. Conclusion: ABL+PM is an effect treatment to patients with permanent AF,and the SF-36 (Chinese edition) plays an important role in evaluating the effectiveness of ABL+PM and the quality of life in AF patients.