TY - JOUR
T1 - Exclusion of electrical and mechanical function of the left atrial appendage in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
T2 - differences in efficacy and safety between endocardial ablation vs epicardial LARIAT ligation (the EXCLUDE LAA study)
AU - Parikh, Valay
AU - Rasekh, Abdi
AU - Mohanty, Sanghamitra
AU - Yarlagadda, Bharath
AU - Atkins, Donita
AU - Bommana, Sudha
AU - Turagam, Mohit
AU - Jeffery, Courtney
AU - Carroll, Heidi
AU - Nydegger, Cheri
AU - Jaeger, Misty
AU - Dar, Tawseef
AU - Cheng, Jie
AU - Gopinnathanair, Rakesh
AU - Dibiase, Luigi
AU - Lee, Randal
AU - Horton, Rodney
AU - Natale, Andrea
AU - Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Background: Electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage (LAA) may provide incremental benefits for arrhythmia management in patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Objective: The aim of this study was to compare efficacy and safety of endocardial ablation and LAA exclusion with LARIAT device for electrical and mechanical exclusion of LAA. Methods: We compared patients who underwent endocardial LAA isolation during index RFA for persistent AF and underwent a repeat RFA to patients who underwent LAA exclusion with LARIAT device followed by RFA for AF in this multicenter registry. Efficacy of electrical and mechanical isolation of LAA was assessed. Results: We included 182 patients of which 91 patients underwent endocardial LAA isolation during RFA for AF, and 91 patients underwent LAA exclusion with LARIAT device followed by RFA for AF. Baseline characteristics were similar except for higher CHA2DS2-VASc score, coronary artery disease, and prior stroke rate in LARIAT arm. Persistence of electrical isolation (measured at beginning of second procedure) after LARIAT procedure was higher than one-time AF-RFA (96.7% vs 52.8%, p < 0.01). Acute pulmonary vein isolation rates were similar in both arms. AF recurrence rate after second isolation attempts at 1 year was similar in both arms. No difference in major complications was noted between both arms. Conclusions: LAA exclusion with LARIAT device appears to be more efficacious as compared to one-time endocardial ablation, but not compared to repeat isolation, in achieving complete electrical isolation of LAA for persistent AF.
AB - Background: Electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage (LAA) may provide incremental benefits for arrhythmia management in patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Objective: The aim of this study was to compare efficacy and safety of endocardial ablation and LAA exclusion with LARIAT device for electrical and mechanical exclusion of LAA. Methods: We compared patients who underwent endocardial LAA isolation during index RFA for persistent AF and underwent a repeat RFA to patients who underwent LAA exclusion with LARIAT device followed by RFA for AF in this multicenter registry. Efficacy of electrical and mechanical isolation of LAA was assessed. Results: We included 182 patients of which 91 patients underwent endocardial LAA isolation during RFA for AF, and 91 patients underwent LAA exclusion with LARIAT device followed by RFA for AF. Baseline characteristics were similar except for higher CHA2DS2-VASc score, coronary artery disease, and prior stroke rate in LARIAT arm. Persistence of electrical isolation (measured at beginning of second procedure) after LARIAT procedure was higher than one-time AF-RFA (96.7% vs 52.8%, p < 0.01). Acute pulmonary vein isolation rates were similar in both arms. AF recurrence rate after second isolation attempts at 1 year was similar in both arms. No difference in major complications was noted between both arms. Conclusions: LAA exclusion with LARIAT device appears to be more efficacious as compared to one-time endocardial ablation, but not compared to repeat isolation, in achieving complete electrical isolation of LAA for persistent AF.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Catheter ablation
KW - LARIAT
KW - Left atrial appendage
KW - Left atrial appendage closure
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U2 - 10.1007/s10840-019-00657-1
DO - 10.1007/s10840-019-00657-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 31863251
AN - SCOPUS:85078042280
SN - 1383-875X
VL - 57
SP - 409
EP - 416
JO - Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
JF - Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
IS - 3
ER -