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Updated Worldwide Survey on the Methods, Efficacy, and Safety of Catheter Ablation for Human Atrial Fibrillation

Cappato, Riccardo, Calkins, Hugh, Chen, Shih-Ann, Davies, Wyn, Iesaka, Yoshito, Kalman, Jonathan, Kim, You-Ho, Klein, George, Natale, Andrea, Packer, Douglas, Skanes, Allan, Ambrogi, Federico, Biganzoli, Elia·2010·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to provide an updated worldwide report on the methods, efficacy, and safety of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS: A questionnaire with 46 questions was sent to 521 centers from 24 countries in 4 continents. Complete interviews were collected from 182 centers, of which 85 reported to have performed 20,825 catheter ablation procedures on 16,309 patients with AF between 2003 and 2006. The median number of procedures per center was 245 (range, 2 to 2715). All centers included paroxysmal AF, 85.9% also included persistent and 47.1% also included long-lasting AF. Carto-guided left atrial circumferential ablation (48.2% of patients) and Lasso-guided ostial electric disconnection (27.4%) were the most commonly used techniques. Efficacy data were analyzed with centers representing the unit of analysis. Of 16,309 patients with full disclosure of outcome data, 10 488 (median, 70.0%; interquartile range, 57.7% to 75.4%) became asymptomatic without antiarrhythmic drugs and another 2047 (10.0%; 0.5% to 17.1%) became asymptomatic in the presence of previously ineffective antiarrhythmic drugs over 18 (range, 3 to 24) months of follow-up. Success rates free of antiarrhythmic drugs and overall success rates were significantly larger in 9590 patients with paroxysmal AF (74.9% and 83.2%) than in 2800 patients with persistent AF (64.8% and 75.0%) and 1108 patients with long-lasting AF (63.1% and 72.3%) (P<0.0001). Major complications were reported in 741 patients (4.5%). CONCLUSIONS: When analyzed in a large number of electrophysiology laboratories worldwide, catheter ablation of AF shows to be effective in approximately 80% of patients after 1.3 procedures per patient, with approximately 70% of them not requiring further antiarrhythmic drugs during intermediate follow-up.

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Background
Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
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Atrial Fibrillation
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Pulmonary vein isolation by radiosurgery: implications for non-invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation
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Results of Short‐Term and Long‐Term Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using Duty‐Cycled Bipolar and Unipolar Radiofrequency Energy
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Differences in intraprocedural ACTs with standardized heparin dosing during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients treated with dabigatran vs. patients on uninterrupted warfarin
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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients with Therapeutic International Normalized Ratios
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“Bleeding complications, the need for transfusions, and surgical intervention associated with vascular access have been related to prolonged hospital length of stay, increased morbidity, and increased mortality.(4)”
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Is transesophageal echocardiogram mandatory in patients undergoing ablation of atrial fibrillation with uninterrupted novel oral anticoagulants? Results from a prospective multicenter registry
Biase, L. D., Briceno, D. F., Trivedi, C. G., Mohanty, S., Gianni, C., Burkhardt, J. D., Mohanty, P. K., Bai, R., Gunda, S., Horton, R., et al. (2016) · Heart Rhythm · doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.03.024 · Cited by 57
Does atrial fibrillation burden measured by continuous monitoring during the blanking period predict the response to ablation at 12-month follow-up?
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“Catheter ablation of AF is an effective therapy for treating AF-related symptoms and preventing arrhythmia recurrences.(9,10) However, symptoms cannot be used as a surrogate of AF recurrences or as a surrogate of AF burden, especially after ablation.”
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Renal Dysfunction, Stroke Risk Scores (CHADS 2 , CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc, and R 2 CHADS 2 ), and the Risk of Thromboembolic Events After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
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“While clinical success rates have remained relatively static, the safety of AF ablation has improved significantly over recent years (16,17).”
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Quinidine—A legacy within the modern era of antiarrhythmic therapy
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A novel individualized substrate modification approach for the treatment of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: Preliminary results
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“The requirement of repeated procedures and concern of safety [15,16] became the major pitfalls of SA approach.”
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Assessments of pulmonary vein and left atrial anatomical variants in atrial fibrillation patients for catheter ablation with cardiac CT
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Authors: Cappato, R., Calkins, H., Chen, S.-A., Davies, W., Iesaka, Y., Kalman, J., Kim, Y.-H., Klein, G., Natale, A., Packer, D., Skanes, A., Ambrogi, F., & Biganzoli, E.
Affiliations: The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
ORCID: Cappato, Riccardo
Calkins, Hugh
Chen, Shih-Ann
Kalman, Jonathan
Kim, You-Ho
Klein, George
Natale, Andrea
Packer, Douglas
Skanes, Allan
Ambrogi, Federico
Biganzoli, Elia
Venue: Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2010-02
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 32-38
ISSN: 1941-3084 (ISSN-L)
1941-3149
DOI: 10.1161/circep.109.859116
OpenAlex: W2146673314
Cited by: 2,852
References: 34
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FWCI: 156.54
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
Keywords: catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, persistent atrial fibrillation, ablation efficacy, ablation safety, procedural complications, CARTO system
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anticoagulants, Atrial Fibrillation, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Treatment Outcome, Catheter Ablation, Young Adult

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