Surface ECG and intracardiac spectral measures predict atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation.

INTRODUCTION: Outcome of patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) varies widely. We sought to investigate whether parameters derived from the spectral analysis of surface ECG and intracardiac AF electrograms can predict outcome in patients referred for pulmonary vein isolati...

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Szerzők: Szilágyi Judit
Walters TE
Marcus GM
Vedantham V
Moss JD
Badhwar Nitish
Lee Byron
Lee Randall
Tseng Zian H.
Gerstenfeld Edward P.
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2018
Sorozat:JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 2018 No. 29
doi:10.1111/jce.13699

mtmt:3403628
Online Access:http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/16906
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Tartalmi kivonat:INTRODUCTION: Outcome of patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) varies widely. We sought to investigate whether parameters derived from the spectral analysis of surface ECG and intracardiac AF electrograms can predict outcome in patients referred for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). METHODS: We performed spectral analysis on the surface ECG and intracardiac electrograms from patients referred for AF ablation. After filtering and QRST subtraction, we measured the dominant frequency (DF), regularity index (RI) and the organizational index (OI) of fibrillatory electrograms and determined their value for predicting AF recurrence after ablation. A subjective, blinded prediction based on the surface ECG was also performed. RESULTS: We analyzed data from 153 PVI procedures in 140 patients (67.1% with persistent or longstanding AF). In a multivariable model, DF in the right atrium (RA) and distal coronary sinus (CSd)-to-RA DF gradient predicted AF recurrence (OR=3.52, p=0.023 and OR=0.2, p=0.034, respectively). DF in RA and CSd to RA DF gradient had a good predictive value for PVI outcome (AUC of 0.73, p=0.007 and 0.74, p=0.007, respectively). These performed better than the subjective predictions of experienced electrophysiologists (p=0.2). CONCLUSIONS: Higher RA dominant frequency, lower CSd to RA DF gradient predicted recurrence after AF ablation. These spectral measures suggest a more remodeled atrial substrate and may provide simple tools for risk stratification or predict the need for additional substrate modification in patients referred for AF ablation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők:1371-1378
ISSN:1045-3873