Long-Term Impact of Additional Ablation After Pulmonary Vein Isolation : Results From EARNEST-PVI Trial

Background An optimal strategy for left atrial ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been determined. Methods and Results We conducted an extended follow-up of the multicenter randomized controlled EARNEST-PVI (Efficacy of Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation) trial, which compared 12-month rhythm outcomes in patients with persistent AF between patients randomized to a PVI-alone strategy (n=248) or PVI-plus strategy (n=248; PVI followed by left atrial additional ablation, including linear ablation or ablation targeting areas with complex fractionated electrograms). The present study extended the follow-up period to 3 years after enrollment. Outcomes were compared not only between randomly allocated groups but also between on-treatment groups categorized by actually created ablation lesions. Recurrence rate of AF or atrial tachycardia (AT) was lower in the randomly allocated to PVI-plus group than the PVI-alone group (29.0% versus 37.5%, P=0.036). On-treatment analysis revealed that patients with PVI+linear ablation (n=205) demonstrated a lower AF/AT recurrence rate than those with PVI only (26.3% versus 37.8%, P=0.007). In contrast, patients with PVI+complex fractionated electrograms ablation (n=37) had an AF/AT recurrence rate comparable to that of patients with PVI only (40.5% versus 37.8%, P=0.76). At second ablation in 126 patients with AF/AT recurrence, ATs excluding common atrial flutter were more frequent in patients with PVI+linear ablation than in those with PVI only (32.6% versus 5.7%, P<0.0001). Conclusions Left atrial ablation in addition to PVI was efficacious during 3-year follow-up. Linear ablation was superior to other ablation strategies but may increase iatrogenic ATs. Registration URL: http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/index-j.htm; Unique identifier: UMIN000019449.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Sep 5;12(17):e031258. - PMID 37642025

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 12(2023), 17 vom: 05. Sept., Seite e029651

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Masuda, Masaharu [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Nobuaki [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Makino, Nobuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Egami, Yasuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Oka, Takafumi [VerfasserIn]
Minamiguchi, Hitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Miyoshi, Miwa [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Masato [VerfasserIn]
Kanda, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Mano, Toshiaki [VerfasserIn]
Matsuda, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Uematsu, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Sakio, Takashige [VerfasserIn]
Kawasaki, Masato [VerfasserIn]
Sunaga, Akihiro [VerfasserIn]
Sotomi, Yohei [VerfasserIn]
Dohi, Tomoharu [VerfasserIn]
Nakatani, Daisaku [VerfasserIn]
Hikoso, Shungo [VerfasserIn]
Sakata, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Osaka Cardiovascular Conference (OCVC)‐Arrhythmia Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Left atrial ablation
Linear ablation
Multicenter Study
Persistent atrial fibrillation
Randomized Controlled Trial
Recurrence
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.09.2023

Date Revised 05.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

UMIN-CTR: UMIN000019449

CommentIn: J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Sep 5;12(17):e031258. - PMID 37642025

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.029651

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361400055