Prognostic implications of baseline rhythm during catheter ablation for atrial tachycardia

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BACKGROUND: Atrial tachycardias (AT) occurring in patients after previous atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation are increasingly observed in clinical practice. Catheter ablation is the treatment of choice but an optimal workflow to improve patient outcome has not been defined. The purpose of this study was to assess procedural and clinical outcome depending on baseline rhythm at the beginning of AT ablation.

METHODS: A total of 380 patients (69 (61-75) years, 56.6% male) who underwent catheter ablation for consecutive AT after previous AF ablation were studied.

RESULTS: At the beginning of the procedure, 140 patients (36.8%) presented in sinus rhythm (SR), 208 (54.7%) with AT and 32 (8.4%) with AF. Patients in SR or with AT underwent shorter procedures (173 (132-213) minutes vs. 161 (120-203) minutes vs. 226 (154-249) minutes; p = 0.002) with more frequent termination to SR (87.9% vs. 81.3% vs. 56.3%; p < 0.001) than patients with AF. Acute procedural success did not differ between patients in SR or with AT but was higher compared to those with AF (96.4% vs. 97.1% vs. 87.5%; p = 0.033). During a follow-up of 290 (181-680) days, patients in baseline SR experienced arrhythmia recurrences less often (36.4% vs. 49.5% vs. 68.8%; p = 0.002) than patients with AT or AF.

CONCLUSION: Baseline rhythm during AT ablation predicts procedural and clinical outcome. Whereas acute procedural success does not differ between patients in SR or with AT, patients presenting in SR have a more favorable mid-term success rate.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Enthalten in:

Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - (2023) vom: 15. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kahle, Ann-Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Alken, Fares-Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Scherschel, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Christian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation
Atrial tachycardia
Baseline rhythm
Catheter ablation
Electrophysiological study
Journal Article

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Date Revised 14.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s00392-023-02292-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362072108