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- Title
Impact of high-density mapping on outcome of the second ablation for atrial fibrillation.
- Authors
Ikeda, Yoshifumi; Kato, Ritsushi; Mori, Hitoshi; Tsutsui, Kenta; Goto, Koji; Nagase, Takahiko; Tanaka, Sayaka; Asano, Sou; Tawara, Mai; Yukino, Midori; Hasegawa, Saki; Nakano, Shintaro; Iwanaka, Shiro; Muramatsu, Toshihiro; Matsumoto, Kazuo
- Abstract
Purpose: Identification of a conduction gap between the left atrium and pulmonary vein (LA-PV gap) and the circuit of atrial tachycardia after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an important process during the second ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). The high-density mapping system RHYTHMIA® is useful for identification of an LA-PV gap and the circuit of atrial tachycardia. Therefore, this study was performed to investigate the effect of RHYTHMIA® in terms of the outcome of the second ablation for AF. Methods: One hundred patients underwent a second ablation for AF in our institute from April 2015 to December 2018. We retrospectively evaluated 49 patients using RHYTHMIA® (group 1) and 51 patients using the conventional method with additional anatomical guide by CARTO® system. Results: In group 1, we performed redo PVI for 41 patients with 49 LA-PV countable gaps and ablation for other atrial arrhythmias in 7 patients. In group 2, we performed redo PVI in 40 patients with 33 LA-PV countable gaps and ablation for other atrial arrhythmias in 9 patients. Three and two unstable arrhythmias in each group were not ablated. The final recurrence of atrial arrhythmia was significantly lower in group 1 than 2 (8/49 (16%) vs. 17/51 (33%), respectively; P = 0.017). Atrial arrhythmias other than AF after the second ablation occurred in only one patient in group 1 but seven patients in group 2. Conclusion: Using high-density mapping for the second ablation of AF was found to be superior to the conventional ablation method in terms of the suppression of atrial events in this study. This technique warrants further investigation.
- Subjects
ATRIAL fibrillation; ATRIAL arrhythmias; PULMONARY veins; LEFT heart atrium; ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYCARDIA
- Publication
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2021, Vol 60, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
1383-875X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10840-020-00716-y