Prospective Assessment of Late Conduction Recurrence Across Radiofrequency Lesions Producing Electrical Disconnection at the Pulmonary Vein Ostium in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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  • Riccardo Cappato
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Silvia Negroni
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Domenico Pecora
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Stefano Bentivegna
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Pier Paolo Lupo
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Adriana Carolei
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Cristina Esposito
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Francesco Furlanello
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
  • Luigi De Ambroggi
    From the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.

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<jats:p> <jats:bold> <jats:italic>Background—</jats:italic> </jats:bold> In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing radiofrequency (RF) electrical disconnection of multiple pulmonary veins (PVs), the incidence of late conduction recurrences has not been systematically determined. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:bold> <jats:italic>Methods and Results—</jats:italic> </jats:bold> Using a prospectively designed, multistep approach, we aimed at assessing the correlation between acute achievement and chronic maintenance of electrical conduction block across RF lesions disconnecting the distal tract of the PV in 43 patients (52.3±8.2 years) with AF. Forty-one left superior (LS), 42 right superior (RS), 25 left inferior (LI), and 9 right inferior (RI) PVs were targeted during 108 EP procedures (2.6±0.5 per patient). Seventeen patients underwent 2 procedures, 23 patients underwent 3 procedures, and 3 patients underwent 4 procedures. During the first attempt, electrical disconnection was achieved in 112 PVs (95.7%). During a next procedure (time interval, 4.6±1.9 months), conduction recurrence was observed in 32 of 39 LSPVs (82.1%), 29 of 40 RSPVs (72.5%), 20 of 24 LIPVs (83.3%), and 7 of 9 RIPV (77.8%). After reablation at gap sites, a later procedure (time interval, 5.1±2.4 months) revealed a second recurrence in 13 of 22 LSPVs (59.1%) and 14 of 19 RSPVs (73.7%). </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:bold> <jats:italic>Conclusions—</jats:italic> </jats:bold> Conduction recurrence across disconnecting RF lesions can be observed in ≈80% of cases 4 months after ablation. After reablation, similar recurrence rates are observed 5 months later. This high rate of late conduction recurrence may contribute significantly to AF recurrence in patients undergoing catheter ablation aiming at disconnection of multiple PVs. </jats:p>

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  • Circulation

    Circulation 108 (13), 1599-1604, 2003-09-30

    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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