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Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths
BACKGROUND: Left atrial–esophageal fistulas (LAEFs) are serious complications with high mortality after atrial fibrillation radiofrequency ablation (AFRA). Decreasing the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions (EsoTLs) that may lead to LAEFs is important. The aim of this study was to suppress EsoTL...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5300859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2016.05.001 |
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author | Watanabe, Norikazu Chiba, Yuta Onishi, Yoshimi Kawasaki, Shiro Munetsugu, Yumi Onuma, Yoshimasa Itou, Hiroyuki Onuki, Tatsuya Minoura, Yoshino Adachi, Taro Kawamura, Mitsuharu Asano, Taku Tanno, Kaoru Kubota, Yutarou Konishi, Kazuo Kobayashi, Youichi |
author_facet | Watanabe, Norikazu Chiba, Yuta Onishi, Yoshimi Kawasaki, Shiro Munetsugu, Yumi Onuma, Yoshimasa Itou, Hiroyuki Onuki, Tatsuya Minoura, Yoshino Adachi, Taro Kawamura, Mitsuharu Asano, Taku Tanno, Kaoru Kubota, Yutarou Konishi, Kazuo Kobayashi, Youichi |
author_sort | Watanabe, Norikazu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Left atrial–esophageal fistulas (LAEFs) are serious complications with high mortality after atrial fibrillation radiofrequency ablation (AFRA). Decreasing the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions (EsoTLs) that may lead to LAEFs is important. The aim of this study was to suppress EsoTL development and determine the appropriate alarm setting for a temperature-monitoring probe by using steerable sheath (STS) methods. METHODS: We enrolled 82 consecutive patients (mean, 61.9±11.7 years; 75.6% men) who underwent AFRA, including pulmonary vein isolation for symptomatic, drug-refractory atrial fibrillation with esophageal temperature monitoring by using STS between January 2011 and April 2014. All patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) 1–3 days after AFRA. The timing of ablation discontinuation in the first 17 patients was determined by each physician during AFRA (only monitoring group, OM). In the next 65 patients, physicians were to immediately discontinue ablation when an alarm set at 39 °C went off (instruction group, INS). We compared two groups with respect to the incidence of EsoTLs. RESULTS: Among the 82 patients, 5 (6.1%) had EsoTLs after AFRA. EsoTLs occurred in 3 of 17 patients (17.6%) and 2 of 65 patients (3.1%) in the OM and INS groups, respectively. The incidence of EsoTLs in the INS group was significantly lower than that in the OM group (p=0.0254). EsoTL did not occur at maximal temperature less than 39 °C, measured by using esophageal temperature-monitoring probe. CONCLUSIONS: Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreased the incidence of EsoTLs, even when using STS. |
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spelling | pubmed-53008592017-02-17 Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths Watanabe, Norikazu Chiba, Yuta Onishi, Yoshimi Kawasaki, Shiro Munetsugu, Yumi Onuma, Yoshimasa Itou, Hiroyuki Onuki, Tatsuya Minoura, Yoshino Adachi, Taro Kawamura, Mitsuharu Asano, Taku Tanno, Kaoru Kubota, Yutarou Konishi, Kazuo Kobayashi, Youichi J Arrhythm Original Article BACKGROUND: Left atrial–esophageal fistulas (LAEFs) are serious complications with high mortality after atrial fibrillation radiofrequency ablation (AFRA). Decreasing the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions (EsoTLs) that may lead to LAEFs is important. The aim of this study was to suppress EsoTL development and determine the appropriate alarm setting for a temperature-monitoring probe by using steerable sheath (STS) methods. METHODS: We enrolled 82 consecutive patients (mean, 61.9±11.7 years; 75.6% men) who underwent AFRA, including pulmonary vein isolation for symptomatic, drug-refractory atrial fibrillation with esophageal temperature monitoring by using STS between January 2011 and April 2014. All patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) 1–3 days after AFRA. The timing of ablation discontinuation in the first 17 patients was determined by each physician during AFRA (only monitoring group, OM). In the next 65 patients, physicians were to immediately discontinue ablation when an alarm set at 39 °C went off (instruction group, INS). We compared two groups with respect to the incidence of EsoTLs. RESULTS: Among the 82 patients, 5 (6.1%) had EsoTLs after AFRA. EsoTLs occurred in 3 of 17 patients (17.6%) and 2 of 65 patients (3.1%) in the OM and INS groups, respectively. The incidence of EsoTLs in the INS group was significantly lower than that in the OM group (p=0.0254). EsoTL did not occur at maximal temperature less than 39 °C, measured by using esophageal temperature-monitoring probe. CONCLUSIONS: Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreased the incidence of EsoTLs, even when using STS. Elsevier 2017-02 2016-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5300859/ /pubmed/28217225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2016.05.001 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Watanabe, Norikazu Chiba, Yuta Onishi, Yoshimi Kawasaki, Shiro Munetsugu, Yumi Onuma, Yoshimasa Itou, Hiroyuki Onuki, Tatsuya Minoura, Yoshino Adachi, Taro Kawamura, Mitsuharu Asano, Taku Tanno, Kaoru Kubota, Yutarou Konishi, Kazuo Kobayashi, Youichi Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
title | Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
title_full | Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
title_fullStr | Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
title_full_unstemmed | Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
title_short | Immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
title_sort | immediate discontinuation of ablation during pulmonary vein isolation remarkably decreases the incidence of esophageal thermal lesions even when using steerable sheaths |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5300859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2016.05.001 |
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