Kohei Ukita, Yasuyuki Egami, Hiroaki Nohara, Shodai Kawanami, Akito Kawamura, Koji Yasumoto, Masaki Tsuda, Naotaka Okamoto, Yasuharu Matsunaga-Lee, Masamichi Yano, Masami Nishino
The American journal of cardiology 2023 Dec 01The impact of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with enlarged left atrium (E-LA) has not been sufficiently clarified. A total of 306 patients underwent an initial CBA for paroxysmal AF between February 2017 and March 2022 in our hospital. These patients were categorized into 2 groups according to the preprocedural left atrium (LA) diameter (LAD): E-LA group with LAD ≥40 mm and normal LA (N-LA) group with LAD <40 mm. We compared late recurrence (LR, defined as a recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia more than 3 months after the ablation) between the 2 groups. In addition, we made a further classification of the E-LA group into a severely E-LA (SE-LA) group with LAD ≥50 mm and mildly enlarged LA (ME-LA) group with LAD <50 mm and compared LR in the SE-LA, ME-LA, and N-LA groups. In the patients who experienced a second ablation procedure owing to LR, subsequent recurrences were also evaluated. After initial CBA, there was no significant difference in recurrence-free survival between E-LA and N-LA groups (p = 0.447). In contrast, the SE-LA group showed the lowest incidence of recurrence-free survival in the SE-LA, ME-LA, and N-LA groups (p = 0.012). However, when we analyzed recurrences after the ablation including second ablation procedure, there were no significant differences in recurrence-free survival among these 3 groups (p = 0.103). In conclusion, patients with paroxysmal AF with enlarged LA showed favorable outcomes compared with those with N-LA after CBA. Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Kohei Ukita, Yasuyuki Egami, Hiroaki Nohara, Shodai Kawanami, Akito Kawamura, Koji Yasumoto, Masaki Tsuda, Naotaka Okamoto, Yasuharu Matsunaga-Lee, Masamichi Yano, Masami Nishino. Clinical Impact of Cryoballoon Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Enlarged Left Atrium. The American journal of cardiology. 2023 Dec 01;208:111-115
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