Impact of atrial fibrillation phenotype and left atrial volume on outcome after pulmonary vein isolation

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology..

AIMS: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is increasingly performed in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Both AF phenotype and left atrial (LA) volume have been shown to influence ablation outcome. The inter-relationship of the two is incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate the impact of AF phenotype vs. LA volume on outcome after PVI.

METHODS AND RESULTS: In a retrospective analysis of a prospective registry of patients undergoing a first PVI, the association of AF phenotype and LA volume index (LAVI) was assessed as well as their impact on AF recurrence during follow-up. Overall, 476 patients were enrolled (median age 63 years, 29% females, 65.8% paroxysmal AF). Obesity, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure were all significantly more frequent in persistent AF. After 1 year, single-procedure, freedom from arrhythmia recurrence was 61.5%. Patients with paroxysmal AF had better outcomes compared with patients with persistent AF (65.6 vs. 52.7%, P = 0.003), as had patients with no/mild vs. moderate/severe LA dilation (LAVI <42 mL/m2 67.1% vs. LAVI ≥42 mL/m2 53%, P < 0.001). The combination of both parameters refined prediction of 1-year recurrence (P < 0.001). After adjustment for additional clinical risk factors in multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis, both AF phenotype and LAVI ≥42 mL/m2 contributed significantly towards the prediction of 1-year recurrence.

CONCLUSION: Atrial fibrillation phenotype and LA volume are independent predictors of outcome after PVI. Persistent AF with no/mild LA dilation has a similar risk of recurrence as paroxysmal AF with a moderate/severe LA dilation and should be given similar priority for ablation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

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Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 26(2024), 4 vom: 30. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chollet, Laurève [VerfasserIn]
Iqbal, Salik Ur Rehman [VerfasserIn]
Wittmer, Severin [VerfasserIn]
Thalmann, Gregor [VerfasserIn]
Madaffari, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Kozhuharov, Nikola [VerfasserIn]
Galuszka, Oskar [VerfasserIn]
Küffer, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Gräni, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Brugger, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Servatius, Helge [VerfasserIn]
Noti, Fabian [VerfasserIn]
Haeberlin, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Roten, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Tanner, Hildegard [VerfasserIn]
Reichlin, Tobias [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation (AF)
Journal Article
Left atrial volume (LAV)
Left atrial volume index (LAVI)
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)

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Date Completed 11.04.2024

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/europace/euae071

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370865464