T Jared Bunch1, Heidi T May2, Tami L Bair2, Jeffrey L Anderson2, Brian G Crandall2, Michael J Cutler2, Victoria Jacobs2, Charles Mallender2, Joseph B Muhlestein2, Jeffrey S Osborn2, J Peter Weiss2, John D Day2. 1. From the Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT (T.J.B., H.T.M., T.L.B., J.L.A., B.G.C., M.J.C., V.J., C.M., J.B.M., J.S.O., J.P.W., J.D.D.); and Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (T.J.B.). thomas.bunch@imail.org. 2. From the Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT (T.J.B., H.T.M., T.L.B., J.L.A., B.G.C., M.J.C., V.J., C.M., J.B.M., J.S.O., J.P.W., J.D.D.); and Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (T.J.B.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are a paucity of data about the long-term natural history of adult Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) patients in regard to risk of mortality and atrial fibrillation. We sought to describe the long-term outcomes of WPW patients and ascertain the impact of ablation on the natural history. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three groups of patients were studied: 2 WPW populations (ablation: 872, no ablation: 1461) and a 1:5 control population (n=11 175). Long-term mortality and atrial fibrillation rates were determined. The average follow-up for the WPW group was 7.9±5.9 (median: 6.9) years and was similar between the ablation and nonablation groups. Death rates were similar between the WPW group versus the control group (hazard ratio, 0.96; 95% confidence interval, 0.83-1.11; P=0.56). Nonablated WPW patients had a higher long-term death risk compared with ablated WPW patients (hazard ratio, 2.10; 95% confidence interval: 1.50-20.93; P<0.0001). Incident atrial fibrillation risk was higher in the WPW group compared with the control population (hazard ratio, 1.55; 95% confidence interval, 1.29-1.87; P<0.0001). Nonablated WPW patients had lower risk than ablated patients (hazard ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval, 0.28-0.53; P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term mortality rates in WPW patients are low and similar to an age-matched and gender-matched control population. WPW patients that underwent the multifactorial process of ablation had a lower mortality compared to nonablated WPW patients. Atrial fibrillation rates are high long-term, and ablation does not reduce this risk.
BACKGROUND: There are a paucity of data about the long-term natural history of adult Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) patients in regard to risk of mortality and atrial fibrillation. We sought to describe the long-term outcomes of WPW patients and ascertain the impact of ablation on the natural history. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three groups of patients were studied: 2 WPW populations (ablation: 872, no ablation: 1461) and a 1:5 control population (n=11 175). Long-term mortality and atrial fibrillation rates were determined. The average follow-up for the WPW group was 7.9±5.9 (median: 6.9) years and was similar between the ablation and nonablation groups. Death rates were similar between the WPW group versus the control group (hazard ratio, 0.96; 95% confidence interval, 0.83-1.11; P=0.56). Nonablated WPW patients had a higher long-term death risk compared with ablated WPW patients (hazard ratio, 2.10; 95% confidence interval: 1.50-20.93; P<0.0001). Incident atrial fibrillation risk was higher in the WPW group compared with the control population (hazard ratio, 1.55; 95% confidence interval, 1.29-1.87; P<0.0001). Nonablated WPW patients had lower risk than ablated patients (hazard ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval, 0.28-0.53; P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term mortality rates in WPW patients are low and similar to an age-matched and gender-matched control population. WPW patients that underwent the multifactorial process of ablation had a lower mortality compared to nonablated WPW patients. Atrial fibrillation rates are high long-term, and ablation does not reduce this risk.
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