Schildt, Soenke and Fredersdorf, Sabine and Jungbauer, Carsten G. and Hauck, Christian and Tarnowski, Daniel and Debl, Kurt and Neef, Stefan and Schach, Christian and Sossalla, Samuel and Maier, Lars S. and Uecer, Ekrem (2023) A Pilot Trial to Compare the Long-Term Efficacy of Pulmonary Vein Isolation with High-Power Short-Duration Radiofrequency Versus Laser Energy with Rapid Ablation Mode. JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE, 10 (3): 98. ISSN , 2308-3425
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Background: Pulmonary vein (PV) reconnection is the major cause of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). The probability of reconnection is higher if the primary lesion is not sufficiently effective, which can be unmasked with an adenosine provocation test (APT). High-power short-duration radiofrequency energy (HPSD) guided with ablation index (AI) and the third generation of the visually guided laser balloon (VGLB) are new methods for PVI. Methods: A total of 70 participants (35 in each group) who underwent a PVI with either AI-guided HPSD (50 W; AI 500 for the anterior and 400 for the posterior wall, respectively) or VGLB ablation were included in this observational pilot trial. Twenty minutes after each PVI, an APT was performed. The primary endpoint was the event-free survival from AF after three years. Results: A total of 137 (100%) PVs in the HPSD arm and 131 PVs (98.5%) in the VGLB arm were initially successfully isolated (p = 0.24). The overall procedure duration was similar in both arms (155 +/- 39 in HPSD vs. 175 +/- 58 min in VGLB, p = 0.191). Fluoroscopy time, left atrial dwelling time and duration from the first to the last ablation were longer in the VGLB arm (23 +/- 8 vs. 12 +/- 3 min, p < 0.001; 157 (111-185) vs. 134 (104-154) min, p = 0.049; 92(59-108) vs. 72 (43-85) min, p = 0.010). A total of 127 (93%) in the HPSD arm and 126 (95%) PVs in the VGLB arm remained isolated after APT (p = 0.34). The primary endpoint was met 1107 +/- 68 days after ablation in 71% vs. 66% in the VGLB and HPSD arms, respectively (p = 0.65). Conclusions: HPSD and VGLB did not differ with respect to long-term outcome of PVI. A large, randomized study should be conducted to compare clinical outcomes with respect to these new ablation techniques.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION; BALLOON; atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation; high-power short-duration; laser balloon; adenosine |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2024 14:31 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2024 14:32 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/59193 |
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