Serge Boveda1, Rui Providência2, Pascal Defaye3, Dominique Pavin4, Jean-Pierre Cebron5, Frederic Anselme6, Franck Halimi7, Ziad Khoueiry8, Nicolas Combes9, Stephane Combes9, Sophie Jacob10, Jean-Paul Albenque9, Pedro Sousa9. 1. Département de Rythmologie, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, 31076, Toulouse Cedex 3, France. s.boveda@clinique-pasteur.com. 2. Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK. 3. University Hospital Michallon, Grenoble, France. 4. University Hospital Pontchaillou, Rennes, France. 5. Nouvelles Cliniques Nantaises, Nantes, France. 6. University Hospital, Rouen, France. 7. Hôpital Privé Parly 2, Le Chesnay, France. 8. University Hospital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. 9. Département de Rythmologie, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, 31076, Toulouse Cedex 3, France. 10. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, PRP-HOM, SRBE, LEPID, Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie, Paris, France.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Recent data show no benefit of additional ablation beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Evidence suggests that radiofrequency energy (RF) and cryoballoon (CRYO) have comparable efficacy for PVI. We aimed to assess the outcomes after a single catheter ablation procedure, comparing PVI using CRYO vs. RF ablation for PVI plus additional ablation in a cohort of patients with persistent AF. METHODS: In this prospective multicenter propensity score-matched comparison, 59 consecutive patients undergoing CRYO ablation of persistent AF were matched to 59 patients treated with RF from November 2010 to June 2012. RESULTS: During a mean follow-up of 15.6 ± 11.5 months, 43.2 % of patients presented atrial arrhythmia relapse after a blanking period of 3 months, which was comparable between the two groups (40.7 % in CRYO vs. 45.8 % in RF, Log rank P = 0.14; HR = 0.67, 95 %CI 0.38-1.16, P = 0.15), despite the fact that 52.5 % of RF patients add additional complex fractionated atrial electrogram ablation, as well as left atrial linear ablation in over two-thirds (roof line in 67.8 % and mitral isthmus in 32.2 %). On multivariate Cox regression, only AF duration in years (HR = 1.10, 95 %CI 1.01-1.10, P = 0.04) was a predictor of relapse. Patients undergoing RF ablation presented a numerically, but non-significantly, lower complication rate (6.8 vs 10.2 %, P = 0.51). CONCLUSION: In our multicenter experience, freedom from atrial arrhythmias was comparable among matched patients treated with CRYO and RF, despite non-significant trends in favor of RF in terms of complications, at the cost of longer procedure times.
PURPOSE: Recent data show no benefit of additional ablation beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Evidence suggests that radiofrequency energy (RF) and cryoballoon (CRYO) have comparable efficacy for PVI. We aimed to assess the outcomes after a single catheter ablation procedure, comparing PVI using CRYO vs. RF ablation for PVI plus additional ablation in a cohort of patients with persistent AF. METHODS: In this prospective multicenter propensity score-matched comparison, 59 consecutive patients undergoing CRYO ablation of persistent AF were matched to 59 patients treated with RF from November 2010 to June 2012. RESULTS: During a mean follow-up of 15.6 ± 11.5 months, 43.2 % of patients presented atrial arrhythmia relapse after a blanking period of 3 months, which was comparable between the two groups (40.7 % in CRYO vs. 45.8 % in RF, Log rank P = 0.14; HR = 0.67, 95 %CI 0.38-1.16, P = 0.15), despite the fact that 52.5 % of RFpatients add additional complex fractionated atrial electrogram ablation, as well as left atrial linear ablation in over two-thirds (roof line in 67.8 % and mitral isthmus in 32.2 %). On multivariate Cox regression, only AF duration in years (HR = 1.10, 95 %CI 1.01-1.10, P = 0.04) was a predictor of relapse. Patients undergoing RF ablation presented a numerically, but non-significantly, lower complication rate (6.8 vs 10.2 %, P = 0.51). CONCLUSION: In our multicenter experience, freedom from atrial arrhythmias was comparable among matched patients treated with CRYO and RF, despite non-significant trends in favor of RF in terms of complications, at the cost of longer procedure times.
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