Overview
The aim is to investigate whether optimizing patients' expectations towards the interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation (catheter ablation) leads to a lower disease-related impairment of the patients compared to the control group in the first three months after ablation (the so-called blanking period).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- symptomatic atrial fibrillation
- indication for pulmonary vein isolation
- sufficient command of the German language
Exclusion Criteria:
- age \<18 years
- permanent atrial fibrillation
- presence of psychiatric disorders which impair the study participitatin
- presence of another medical condiction which influences quality of life stronger than the cardiac condition
- atrial fibrillation induced by intoxication, medicamentation or infection
- inability to grap the course of the study
