Correction: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Corrections7 May 2019Correction: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart FailureFREEThis correction concerns the following article:ReviewsJan 2019Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart FailureMohit K. Turagam, MD*, Jalaj Garg, MD*, William Whang, MD, Samantha Sartori, PhD, Jacob S. Koruth, MDMohit K. Turagam, MD*Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (M.K.T., J.G., W.W., S.S., J.S.K., M.A.M., N.L., A.S., A.G., S.C., S.R.D., V.Y.R.), Jalaj Garg, MD*Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (M.K.T., J.G., W.W., S.S., J.S.K., M.A.M., N.L., A.S., A.G., S.C., S.R.D., V.Y.R.), William Whang, MDMount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (M.K.T., J.G., W.W., S.S., J.S.K., M.A.M., N.L., A.S., A.G., S.C., S.R.D., V.Y.R.), Samantha Sartori, PhDMount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (M.K.T., J.G., W.W., S.S., J.S.K., M.A.M., N.L., A.S., A.G., S.C., S.R.D., V.Y.R.), Jacob S. Koruth, MDMount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (M.K.T., J.G., W.W., S.S., J.S.K., M.A.M., N.L., A.S., A.G., S.C., S.R.D., V.Y.R.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0184 SectionsAboutVisual AbstractPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In a recent article (1), on page 46, first paragraph, lines 1–7: The text reads, "All 4 trials with quality-of-life outcomes showed that ablation improved MLHFQ [Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire] scores, although the findings in 1 trial were not statistically significant. Overall, the improvement in MLHFQ scores observed in the AF [atrial fibrillation] ablation group relative to the drug therapy group was statistically significant (mean difference, −9.02 points [CI, −19.75 to 1.71 points])". However, the result for this particular clinical outcome was not statistically significant because the difference in the pooled estimate crosses the 0; as a result, the null hypothesis is rejected, making the analysis statistically nonsignificant. We presented those results only with a descriptive purpose to show a nonsignificant improvement in MLHFQ scores with catheter ablation.In Figure 4 on page 47, the labels at the bottom of the forest plot demonstrating the pooled analysis of MLHFQ scores indicate that the negative scores favor no ablation instead of favoring ablation. The forest plot horizontal axis was labeled in error and must be the other way around, demonstrating negative scores favoring ablation. That is, the implication that the MLHFQ scores were improved by ablation was indeed correct, but the figure was incorrectly labeled.The authors sincerely apologize for these errors. The online version of the article has been corrected to reflect these changes.Reference1. Turagam MK, Garg J, Whang W, Sartori S, Koruth JS, Miller MA, et al. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Ann Intern Med. 2018;170:41-5. [PMID: 30583296]. doi:10.7326/M18-0992 LinkGoogle Scholar Comments0 CommentsSign In to Submit A Comment Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoCatheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure Mohit K. Turagam , Jalaj Garg , William Whang , Samantha Sartori , Jacob S. Koruth , Marc A. Miller , Noelle Langan , Aamir Sofi , Anthony Gomes , Subbarao Choudry , Srinivas R. Dukkipati , and Vivek Y. Reddy Metrics Cited byCost‐Utility of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure: An Economic Evaluation 7 May 2019Volume 170, Issue 9Page: 668-669KeywordsAtrial fibrillationCardiac ablationCathetersDrug therapyHeart failureQuestionnaires ePublished: 7 May 2019 Issue Published: 7 May 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...