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Schlögl, Simon; Schlögl, Klaudia Stella; Bengel, Philipp; Bergau, Leonard; Haarmann, Helge; Rasenack, Eva; Hasenfuss, Gerd; Zabel, Markus

Impact of open-irrigated radiofrequency catheter with contact force measurement on the efficacy and safety of atrial fibrillation ablation: a single-center direct comparison

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Impact of open-irrigated radiofrequency catheter with contact force measurement on the efficacy and safety of atrial fibrillation ablation: a single-center direct comparison
  • Contributor: Schlögl, Simon; Schlögl, Klaudia Stella; Bengel, Philipp; Bergau, Leonard; Haarmann, Helge; Rasenack, Eva; Hasenfuss, Gerd; Zabel, Markus
  • imprint: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022
  • Published in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10840-022-01316-8
  • ISSN: 1383-875X; 1572-8595
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract </jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>In atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, catheter ablation of pulmonary veins (PVI) is the most effective therapeutic option to maintain sinus rhythm. To improve successful PVI, contact force–sensing (CF) catheters became routinely available. Previous studies did not clearly show superior clinical efficacy in comparison with non-CF catheters.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>We investigated consecutive patients, who underwent index PVI for AF at our hospital between 2012 and 2018. Three hundred and fifty-four patients were ablated without CF. After availability of CF catheters in 2016, 317 patients were ablated using CF. In case of crossover between the groups, follow-up was censored. The primary endpoint was any documented atrial tachycardia (AT) or atrial fibrillation &gt; 30 s after a 3-month blanking period. Secondary endpoints were procedural characteristics and periprocedural complications.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>There was no significant difference between the groups at baseline except hyperlipidemia. After 365 days of follow-up, 67% of patients in the CF group remained free from AF/AT recurrence compared to 59% in non-CF group (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> = 0.038). In multivariable Cox regression analysis, non-CF ablation was an independent risk factor for AF recurrence besides age and persistent AF. Total fluoroscopy time (15 ± 7.6 vs. 28 ± 15.9 min) and total procedure time (114 ± 29.6 vs. 136 ± 38.5 min) were significantly lower for CF-guided PVI (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Complication rates did not differ between groups (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> = 0.661).</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>In our study, the AT/AF recurrence rate and pulmonary vein reconnection rate is lower after CF PVI with a similar complication rate but lower total procedure time and total fluoroscopy time compared to non-CF PVI.</jats:p> </jats:sec>