医学
肺静脉
心房颤动
烧蚀
心脏病学
导管消融
内科学
阵发性心房颤动
分离(微生物学)
生物
微生物学
作者
Hongwu Chen,Chengzong Li,Bing Han,Fangyi Xiao,Fu Yi,Youquan Wei,Chenyang Jiang,Cao Zou,Licheng Shi,Ma Wei,Weiming Wang,Yuegang Wang,Hongling Du,Long Chen,Minglong Chen
出处
期刊:JAMA Cardiology
[American Medical Association]
日期:2023-08-01
卷期号:8 (8): 765-765
被引量:12
标识
DOI:10.1001/jamacardio.2023.1749
摘要
The overall success rate of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI) treatment in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) remains suboptimal, especially in older patients.To explore the incremental benefit of low-voltage-area ablation after CPVI in older patients with paroxysmal AF.This randomized clinical trial was an investigator-initiated trial to compare the efficacy of additional low-voltage-area ablation beyond CPVI vs CPVI alone in older patients with paroxysmal AF. Participants were patients aged 65 to 80 years with paroxysmal AF who were referred for catheter ablation. They were enrolled in 14 tertiary hospitals in China from April 1, 2018, to August 3, 2020, and follow-up occurred through August 15, 2021.Patients were randomized (1:1) to undergo CPVI plus low-voltage-area ablation or CPVI alone. Low-voltage areas were defined as areas with amplitude less than 0.5 mV in more than 3 adjacent points. If low-voltage areas existed, additional substrate ablation was performed in the CPVI plus group but not the CPVI alone group.The primary end point of the study was freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmia as documented by electrocardiogram during a clinical visit or lasting longer than 30 seconds during Holter recordings occurring after a single ablation procedure.Among 438 patients who were randomized (mean [SD] age, 70.5 [4.4] years; 219 men [50%]), 24 (5.5%) did not complete the blanking period and were not included for efficacy analysis. After a median follow-up of 23 months, the recurrence rate of atrial tachyarrhythmia was significantly lower in the CPVI plus group (31/209 patients, 15%) compared with the CPVI alone group (49/205, 24%; hazard ratio [HR], 0.61; 95% CI, 0.38-0.95; P = .03). In subgroup analyses, among all patients with low-voltage area, CPVI plus substrate modification was associated with a 51% decreased risk of ATA recurrence compared with CPVI alone (HR, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.25-0.94; P = .03).This study found that additional low-voltage-area ablation beyond CPVI decreased the ATA recurrence in older patients with paroxysmal AF compared with CPVI alone. Our findings merit further replication by larger trials with longer follow-up.ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03462628.
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