Comparison of effectiveness and safety of high-power vs. conventional-power radiofrequency ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Copyright © 2022 Cui, Qu, Zhang, Wu, Zhang, Shi and Liu..

Aim: To compare high-power (HP) vs. conventional-power (CP) radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled AF patients undergoing CP (30-40 W, 43 patients) or HP (50 W, 49 patients) radiofrequency ablation. Immediate pulmonary vein (PV) single-circle isolation, PV-ablation time, AF recurrence, AF recurrence-free survival, and complications were analyzed.

Results: Diabetes was more common in the CP group than in the HP group (27.91% vs. 10.20%, P = 0.029). The left PV single-circle isolation rate (62.79% vs. 65.31%), right PV single-circle isolation rate (48.84% vs. 53.06%), and bilateral PV single-circle isolation rate (32.56% vs. 38.78%; all P > 0.05) did not differ between the groups. Single-circle ablation times for the left PVs (12.79 ± 3.39 vs. 22.94 ± 6.39 min), right PVs (12.18 ± 3.46 vs. 20.67 ± 5.44 min), and all PVs (25.85 ± 6.04 vs. 45.66 ± 11.11 min; all P < 0.001) were shorter in the HP group. Atrial fibrillation recurrence within 3 months (13.95% vs. 18.37%), at 3 months (11.63% vs. 8.16%), and at 6 months after ablation (18.60% vs. 12.24%; all P > 0.05) was similar in both groups. Atrial fibrillation recurrence-free survival did not differ between the groups (Kaplan-Meier analysis). Cardiac rupture and pericardial tamponade did not occur in any patient. Pops occurred in 2 and 0 patients in the HP and CP groups, respectively (4.08% vs. 0.00%, P = 0.533).

Conclusion: High-power ablation improved operation time and efficiency without increasing complications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine - 9(2022) vom: 28., Seite 988602

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cui, Penghui [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Yunpeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jichang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Junduo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yongfeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation
Catheter ablation
Conventional-power
Effectiveness and safety
High-power
Journal Article

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Date Revised 24.12.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcvm.2022.988602

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350732906