International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
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Clinical Studies
Higher Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Was Related to Non-Pulmonary Vein Atrial Tachyarrhythmia
Wei-Chieh LeeMasaya WatanabeHisashi YokoshikiTaro TemmaRui KamadaHikaru HagiwaraYumi TakahashiTaro KoyaMotoki NakaoToshihisa Anzai
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2020 年 61 巻 6 号 p. 1150-1156

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Recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmias (ATA) following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is often associated with the recovery of conduction into previously isolated pulmonary veins (PVs). Little evidence concerning repeat PV isolation (PVI) and non-PV ATA ablation has been reported. This study aimed to explore the clinical outcome of recurrent ATA ablation after PVI and the difference between patients with and without non-PV ATA.

A total of 49 patients without structural heart diseases who received catheter ablation for recurrent AF between January 2014 and December 2018 were recruited (prior ablation with PVI only 71.4% and PVI with cavotricuspid isthmus line ablation 28.6%). Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of non-PV ATA.

Most patients (53.1%) experienced very late recurrence with a median duration of 15 months. A total of 15 patients had non-PV ATA and received non-PV ATA ablation whereas 34 patients received only repeat PVI for reconnected PVs. A higher pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) was associated with non-PV ATA (odds ratio: 1.161; 95% confidence interval: 1.021-1.321; P = 0.023). During 4.7 ± 1 months, 4/15 (26.7%) and 1/34 (2.9%) patients with and without non-PV ATA, respectively, had ATA recurrence (P = 0.011). The cumulative incidence of ATA recurrence after repeat ablation was significantly lower in patients without non-PV ATA (P = 0.013).

In our study, a high PASP was associated with non-PV ATA in patients with recurrent AF. Repeat PVI had a high rate of maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients without non-PV ATA.

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