Renal sympathetic denervation improves clinical outcomes in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and history of hypertension : A meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: Currently, there is limited data regarding the impact of adjunctive renal sympathetic denervation (RSDN) with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in hypertensive patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

METHODS: A comprehensive literature search for studies comparing RSDN + PVI vs PVI alone for AF and history of hypertension until 1 January 2019 was performed. The results were expressed as risk ratio (RR) for the categorical variables and mean difference (MD) for the continuous variables with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

RESULTS: A total of six eligible (four randomized and two prospective nonrandomized) studies consisting of 432 patients (306 paroxysmal AF and 126 persistent AF) were included (RSDN + PVI group: 186 patients and PVI group: 246 patients). Follow-up is more than or equal to 1 year. Compared with PVI, RSDN + PVI significantly decreased the risk of AF recurrence (RR = 0.58, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.47-0.72, P < 0.00001) on follow-up. Fluoroscopy (MD = +5.53 minutes, 95% CI = 0.76-10.31, P = 0.02) and procedure time (MD = +34.85 minutes, 95% CI = 23.55-46.16, P < 0.00001) was significantly longer with the PVI + RSDN group compared with PVI alone. There were no significant differences in complications between both groups. Test of heterogeneity was low for all clinical outcomes (I2  = 0%).

CONCLUSION: Our meta-analysis demonstrates that RSDN as an adjunct to PVI appears to be safe and improves clinical outcomes in both paroxysmal and persistent AF and history of hypertension.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 30(2019), 5 vom: 21. Mai, Seite 702-708

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Atti, Varunsiri [VerfasserIn]
Turagam, Mohit K [VerfasserIn]
Garg, Jalaj [VerfasserIn]
Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation recurrence
Hypertension
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Pulmonary vein isolation
Renal sympathetic denervation
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 19.08.2020

Date Revised 19.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jce.13868

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NLM29350587X