BACKGROUND: The optimal energy setting for endoscopic pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) has not yet been determined. OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of varying energy settings on the efficacy and safety of endoscopic PVI. METHODS: In the current prospective study, 30 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were consented for PVI using the endoscopic ablation system. Ablation was performed by using 5.5 and 7.0 W (group A), 7.0 and 8.5 W (group B), and 8.5 and 10.0 W (group C) along the posterior and anterior portion of each PV, respectively. Intraluminal esophageal temperature was measured via a temperature probe with a cutoff of 38.5°C. Endoscopy was performed 2 days postablation. RESULTS: After the completion of the initial circular lesion set, acute PVI was achieved in 25 of the 36 (69%) PVs in group A, in 29 of the 40 (73%) PVs in group B, and in 36 of the 40 (90%) PVs in group C, respectively. The rate of acute PVI was significantly higher in group C than in group A (P = .025) and group B (P = .045); there was no difference when comparing group A and group B (P = .77). Esophageal thermal lesions were detected in 0 of the 10 patients in group A, in 1 of the 10 (10%) patients in group B, and in 1 of the 10 (10%) patients in group C. Mean procedure and fluoroscopy times were 219 ±42 and 30 ± 10, 239 ± 61 and 38 ± 14, and 207 ± 31 and 28 ± 8 minutes for group A, B, and C, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The use of higher energy settings increases the efficacy of acute endoscopic ablation system-based PVI without comprising safety. Further investigation is mandatory before final conclusions can be drawn.
BACKGROUND: The optimal energy setting for endoscopic pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) has not yet been determined. OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of varying energy settings on the efficacy and safety of endoscopic PVI. METHODS: In the current prospective study, 30 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were consented for PVI using the endoscopic ablation system. Ablation was performed by using 5.5 and 7.0 W (group A), 7.0 and 8.5 W (group B), and 8.5 and 10.0 W (group C) along the posterior and anterior portion of each PV, respectively. Intraluminal esophageal temperature was measured via a temperature probe with a cutoff of 38.5°C. Endoscopy was performed 2 days postablation. RESULTS: After the completion of the initial circular lesion set, acute PVI was achieved in 25 of the 36 (69%) PVs in group A, in 29 of the 40 (73%) PVs in group B, and in 36 of the 40 (90%) PVs in group C, respectively. The rate of acute PVI was significantly higher in group C than in group A (P = .025) and group B (P = .045); there was no difference when comparing group A and group B (P = .77). Esophageal thermal lesions were detected in 0 of the 10 patients in group A, in 1 of the 10 (10%) patients in group B, and in 1 of the 10 (10%) patients in group C. Mean procedure and fluoroscopy times were 219 ±42 and 30 ± 10, 239 ± 61 and 38 ± 14, and 207 ± 31 and 28 ± 8 minutes for group A, B, and C, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The use of higher energy settings increases the efficacy of acute endoscopic ablation system-based PVI without comprising safety. Further investigation is mandatory before final conclusions can be drawn.
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Authors: Hugh Calkins; Karl Heinz Kuck; Riccardo Cappato; Josep Brugada; A John Camm; Shih-Ann Chen; Harry J G Crijns; Ralph J Damiano; D Wyn Davies; John DiMarco; James Edgerton; Kenneth Ellenbogen; Michael D Ezekowitz; David E Haines; Michel Haissaguerre; Gerhard Hindricks; Yoshito Iesaka; Warren Jackman; José Jalife; Pierre Jais; Jonathan Kalman; David Keane; Young-Hoon Kim; Paulus Kirchhof; George Klein; Hans Kottkamp; Koichiro Kumagai; Bruce D Lindsay; Moussa Mansour; Francis E Marchlinski; Patrick M McCarthy; J Lluis Mont; Fred Morady; Koonlawee Nademanee; Hiroshi Nakagawa; Andrea Natale; Stanley Nattel; Douglas L Packer; Carlo Pappone; Eric Prystowsky; Antonio Raviele; Vivek Reddy; Jeremy N Ruskin; Richard J Shemin; Hsuan-Ming Tsao; David Wilber Journal: Heart Rhythm Date: 2012-03-01 Impact factor: 6.343
Authors: Hugh Calkins; Gerhard Hindricks; Riccardo Cappato; Young-Hoon Kim; Eduardo B Saad; Luis Aguinaga; Joseph G Akar; Vinay Badhwar; Josep Brugada; John Camm; Peng-Sheng Chen; Shih-Ann Chen; Mina K Chung; Jens Cosedis Nielsen; Anne B Curtis; D Wyn Davies; John D Day; André d'Avila; N M S Natasja de Groot; Luigi Di Biase; Mattias Duytschaever; James R Edgerton; Kenneth A Ellenbogen; Patrick T Ellinor; Sabine Ernst; Guilherme Fenelon; Edward P Gerstenfeld; David E Haines; Michel Haissaguerre; Robert H Helm; Elaine Hylek; Warren M Jackman; Jose Jalife; Jonathan M Kalman; Josef Kautzner; Hans Kottkamp; Karl Heinz Kuck; Koichiro Kumagai; Richard Lee; Thorsten Lewalter; Bruce D Lindsay; Laurent Macle; Moussa Mansour; Francis E Marchlinski; Gregory F Michaud; Hiroshi Nakagawa; Andrea Natale; Stanley Nattel; Ken Okumura; Douglas Packer; Evgeny Pokushalov; Matthew R Reynolds; Prashanthan Sanders; Mauricio Scanavacca; Richard Schilling; Claudio Tondo; Hsuan-Ming Tsao; Atul Verma; David J Wilber; Teiichi Yamane Journal: Europace Date: 2018-01-01 Impact factor: 5.214
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