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Impact of Atrial Fibrillation Triggers on Long-Term Outcomes of a Second Catheter Ablation of Nonparoxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
Circulation reports. 2024 March 9
Background: Catheter ablation (CA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) triggers, including non-pulmonary vein (PV) foci, contributes to improved procedural outcomes. However, the clinical significance of an AF trigger ablation during second CA procedures for nonparoxysmal AF is unknown. Methods and Results: We enrolled 94 patients with nonparoxysmal AF undergoing a second CA. Intracardiac cardioversion during AF using high-dose isoproterenol was performed to determine the presence or absence of AF triggers. PV re-isolations were performed if PV potentials recurred, and if AF triggers appeared from any non-PV sites, additional ablation was added to those sites. We investigated the incidence of atrial arrhythmia recurrence (AAR) >3 months post-CA. Of the 94 enrolled patients, AF triggers were identified in 65 (69.1%), and of those with AF triggers, successful elimination of the triggers was achieved in 47 patients (72.3%). Multivariate analysis revealed that no observed AF triggers were a significant predictor of AAR (hazard ratio [HR] 1.97, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.21-3.46, P=0.019). In a subanalysis of the patients with AF triggers, multivariate analysis showed that unsuccessful trigger ablation was significantly associated with AAR (HR 5.84, 95% CI 2.79-12.22, P<0.01). Conclusions: Having no observed AF triggers during a second CA session significantly increased the risk of AAR, as did unsuccessful CA of AF triggers.
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