Safety and efficacy of cryoablation of atrial tachycardia with high risk of ablation-related injuries

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-629

  Bastani, Hamid ^a   Insulander, Per ^a   Schwieler, Jonas ^a   Tabrizi, Fariborz ^a   Braunschweig, Frieder ^a   Kennebäck, Göran ^a   Drca, Nikola ^a   Sadigh, Bita ^a   Jensen Urstad, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Complication; Cryoablation; Cryomapping; High risk location

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS NODE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; RISK FACTORS; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749167191     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup004     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Walsh EP, Saul JP, Hulse JE, Rhodes LA, Hordof AJ, Mayer JE et al. Transcatheter ablation of ectopic atrial tachycardia in young patients using radiofrequency current. Circulation 1992;86:1138-46.
2. Goldberger J, Kall J, Ehler F, Deal B, Olshansky B, Benson W et al. Effectiveness of radiofrequency catheter ablation for treatment of atrial tachycardia. Am J Cardiol 1993;72:787-93.
3. Pappone C, Stabile G, Simone A, Senatore G, Turco P, Damiano M et al. Role of catheter-induced mechanical trauma in localization of target sites of radiofrequency ablation in automatic atrial tachycardia. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996;27:1090-7.
4. Natale A, Breeding L, Tomassoni G, Rajkovich K, Richey M, Beheiry S et al. Ablation of right and left ectopic atrial tachycardias using a three-dimensional nonflouroscopic mapping system. Am J Cardiol 1998;82:989-92.
5. Chen S-A, Tai CT, Chiang C-E, Ding Y-A, Chang M-S. Focal atrial tachycardia: reanalysis of the clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics and prediction of successful radiofrequency ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1998;9:355-65.
6. Connors SP, Vora A, Green MS, Tang ASL. Radiofrequency of atrial tachycardia originating from the triangle of Kock. Can J Cardiol 2000;16:39-43.
7. Lee RJ, Kalman JM, Fritzpatrick AP, Epstein LM, Fisher WG, Olgin JE et al. Radiofrequency catheter modification of the sinus node for 'inappropriate' tachycardia. Circulation 1995;92:2919-28.
8. Rodriguez LM, Geller JC, Tse HF, Timmermans C, Reek S, Lee KLF et al. Acute results of transvenous cryoablation of supraventricular tachycardia (atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia). J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2002;13:1082-9.
9. Friedman PL, Dubuc M, Green MS, Jackman WM, Keane DTJ, Marinchak RA et al. Catheter cryoablation of supraventricular tachycardia: results of the multicenter prospective 'Frosty' trial. Heart Rhythm 2004;1:129- 38.
10. Gaita F, Haissaguerre M, Giustetto C, Grossi S, Carezzo E, Bianchi F et al. Safety and efficacy of cryoablation of accessory pathways adjacent to the normal conduction system. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2003;14:825-9.
11. Atienza F, Arenal A, Torrecilla EG, Garcia-Aberola A, Jimenez J, Ortiz M et al. Acute and long-term outcome of transvenous cryoablation of midseptal and para-hissian accessory pathways. Efficacy and safety in patients at high risk of AV block during radiofrequency ablation. Am J Cardiol 2004;93:1302-5.
12. Skanes AC, Dubuc M, Klein GJ, Thibault B, Krahn AD, Yee R et al. Cryothermal ablation of the slow pathway for the elimination of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia. Circulation 2000;102:2856-60.
13. Khairy P, Chauvet P, Lehmann J, Lambert J, Macle L, Tanguay JT et al. Lower incidence of thrombus formation with cryoenergy versus radiofrequency catheter ablation. Circulation 2003;107:2045.
14. Skanes AC, Jones DL, Teefy P, Guiraudon C, Yee R, Krahn AD et al. Safety and feasibility of cryothermal ablation within the mid- and distal coronary sinus. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2004;15:1319-23.
15. Gaita F, Paperini L, Riccardi R, Ferraro A. Cryothermic ablation within the coronary sinus of an epicardial posterolateral pathway. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2002; 13:1160-3.
16. Tang CW, Scheinman MM, VanHare GF, Epstein LM, Fitzpatrik AP, Lee RJ et al. Use of P-wave configuration during atrial tachycardia to predict site of origin. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;26:1315-24.
17. Wong T, Markides V, Peters NS, Davies DW. Clinical usefulness of cryomapping for ablation of tachycardias involving perinodal tissue. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2004;10:153-8.
18. Gaita F, Montefusco A, Riccardi R, Scaglione M, Grossi S, Caponi D et al. Acute and long-term outcome of transvenous cryothermal catheter ablation of supra-ventricular arrhythmias involving the perinodal region. J Cardiovasc Med 2006;7: 785-92.
19. Sacher F, Monahan K, Thomas S, Davidson N, Adragao P, Sanders P et al. Phrenic nerve injury after atrial fibrillation catheter ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47: 2498-503.
20. Van Belle Y, Janse P, Theuns D, Szili-Torok T, Jordaens L. One year follow-up after cryoballoon isolation of the pulmonary veins in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Europace 2008;10:1271-6.
21. Vogt J, Dorszewski A, Heintze J, Scholz U, Buschler H, Luong Thanh L et al. Long term experience in cryoisolation of pulmonary vein ostia and antrum with balloon technique in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2007;116:536, Abstract 2440.