Efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation on left atrial function in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation and the dependency on its baseline function

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 744-750

  Yoshida, Naoyasu ^a   Okamoto, Mitsunori ^a   Hirao, Hidekazu ^a   Suenari, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nanba, Kiyomi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroki ^a   Matsumura, Masaya ^a   Uchida, Mio ^a   Kinoshita, Mirai ^a   Watari, Yuichiro ^a   Fukuda, Yukihiro ^a   Ueda, Hironori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage function; left atrial function; pulmonary vein flow; radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC PULMONARY VEIN FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE FLOW VELOCITY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DIMENSION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTOLIC PULMONARY VEIN FLOW VELOCITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84880918418     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12143     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Jaïs P, Haïssaguerre M, Shah DC, et al. A focal source of atrial fibrillation treated by discrete radiofrequency ablation. Circulation 1997; 95: 572-576.
2. Haïssaguerre M, Jaïs P, Shah DC, et al. Spontaneous initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating in the pulmonary veins. N Engl J Med 1998; 339: 659-666.
3. Haissaguerre M, Shah DC, Clementy J, et al. Electrophysiological breakthroughs from the left atrium to the pulmonary veins. Circulation 2000; 102: 2462-2465.
4. Pappone C, Oreto G, Rosanio S, et al. Atrial electroanatomic remodeling after circumferential radiofrequency pulmonary vein ablation: Efficacy of an anatomic approach in a large cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2001; 104: 2539-2544.
5. Oral H, Knight BP, Morady F, et al. Pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2002; 105: 1077-1081.
6. Tilz RR, Rillig A, Thum AM, et al. Catheter ablation of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: 5 year outcomes of the hamburg sequential ablation strategy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 60: 1921-1929.
7. Dixit S, Marchlinski FE, Lin D, et al. Randomized ablation strategies for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: RASTA study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2012; 5: 287-294.
8. Marsan NA, Tops LF, Holman ER, et al. Comparison of left atrial volumes and function by real time three-dimensional echocardiography in patients having catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation with persistence of sinus rhythm versus recurrent atrial fibrillation three months later. Am J Cardiol 2008; 1: 847-853.
9. Fleck T, Wolf F, Bader T, et al. Atrial function after ablation procedure in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation using steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 84: 1600-1604.
10. Zhong H, Lacomis JM, Schwartzman D,: On the accuracy of cartomerge for guiding posterior left atrial ablation in man. Heart Rhythm 2007; 4: 595-602.
11. Katritsis DG, Hossein-Nia M, Anastasakis A, et al. Use of Troponin T concentrations and Kinase isoforms for quantification of myocardial injury induced by radiofrequency catheter ablation. Eur Heart J 1997; 18: 1007-1013.
12. Katritsis DG, Hossein-Nia M, Anastasakis A,: Myocardial injury induced by radiofrequency and low energy ablation: A quantitative study of CK isoforms, CKMB, and Troponin-T concentrations. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1998; 21: 1410-1416.
13. Madrid AH, Del Rey JM, Rubi J, et al. Biochemical markers and cardiac troponin I release after radiofrequency catheter ablation: Approach to size of necrosis. Am Heart J 1998; 136: 948-955.
14. Manolis AS, Vassilikos V, Maounis T, et al. Detection of myocardial injury during radiofrequency catheter ablation by measuring serum cardiac troponin I levels: Procedural correlates. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 34: 1099-1105.
15. Carlsson J, Erdogan A, Pitschner HF, et al. Myocardial injury during radiofrequency catheter ablation: Comparison of focal and linear lesions. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2001; 24: 962-968.
16. Hwang HJ, Choi EY, Rhee SJ, et al. Left atrial strain as predictor of successful outcomes in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: A two-dimensional myocardial imaging study. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2009; 26: 127-132.
17. Schneider C, Malisius R, Krause K, et al. Strain rate imaging for functional quantification of the left atrium: Atrial deformation predicts the maintenance of sinus rhythm after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2008; 29: 1397-1409.
18. Hammerstingl C, Schwekendiek M, Momcilovic D, et al. Left atrial deformation imaging with ultrasound based two-dimensional speckle-tracking predicts the rate of recurrence of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation after successful ablation procedures. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2012; 23: 247-255.
19. Hoit BD, Shao Y, Tsai LM, et al. Altered left atrial compliance after atrial appendectomy. Influence on left atrial and ventricular filling. Circ Res 1993; 72: 167-175.
20. von Bary C, Dornia C, Eissnert C, et al. Predictive value of left atrial volume measured by non-invasive cardiac imaging in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2012; 34: 181-188.
21. Parikh SS, Jons C, McNitt S, et al. Predictive capability of left atrial size measured by CT, TEE, and TTE for recurrence of atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2010; 33: 532-540.
22. Shin SH, Park MY, Oh WJ, et al. Left atrial volume is a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2008; 21: 697-702.
23. Stavrakis S, Madden G, Pokharel D, et al. Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary veins and left atrium in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Echocardiography 2011; 28: 775-781.
24. Black IW, Fatkin D, Sagar KB, et al. Exclusion of atrial thrombus by transesophageal echocardiography does not preclude embolism after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. A multicenter study. Circulation 1994; 89: 2509-2513.
25. Grimm RA, Stewart WJ, Arheart K, et al. Left atrial appendage "stunning" after electrical cardioversion of atrial flutter: An attenuated response compared with atrial fibrillation as the mechanism for lower susceptibility to thromboembolic events. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997; 1: 582-589.
26. Sanders P, Morton JB, Kistler PM, et al. Reversal of atrial mechanical dysfunction after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: Implications for the mechanisms of tachycardia-mediated atrial cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2003; 108: 1976-1984.
27. Sanders P, Morton JB, Morgan JG, et al. Reversal of atrial mechanical stunning after cardioversion of atrial arrhythmias: Implications for the mechanisms of tachycardia-mediated atrial cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2002; 106: 1806-1813.
28. Artuso E, Stomaci B, Verlato R, et al. Transesophageal echocardiographic follow-up of pulmonary veins in patients undergoing ostial radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Ital Heart J 2005; 6: 595-600.
29. Stavrakis S, Madden G, Pokharel D, et al. Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary veins and left atrium in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Echocardiography 2010; 28: 775-781.
30. Stavrakis S, Madden GW, Stoner JA, et al. Transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review. Echocardiography 2010; 27: 1141-1146.